British Association for Immediate Care

🎄 Merry Christmas! 🎄

Our office will be closed from 25 Dec - 2 Jan, so please get in touch before then if you need us — otherwise, we’ll speak to you in the New Year.

We hope you have a wonderful time celebrating, and to everyone working through the holidays, we wish you smooth and safe shifts.

Our November 2025 stats

• 47 incidents
• First on scene at 7 incidents
• 29 trauma & 18 medical cases
• 8 paediatric & 43 adult patients
• 31+ volunteer hours on incidents

We are not funded by the NHS, we are funded by you!

🎥 Full breakdown in the video and graphics below.

@basicshq.bsky.social

A week to go until we hear from Paramedic James Short about building a portfolio career in pre-hospital care. Free for members. £20 for non-members. Book in now to get the zoom link: basics.org.uk/basics-insight…

#BASICS_HQ #Paramedic #PortfolioCareer #PreHospitalCare #CriticalCare #ImmediateCare

Only 4 weeks to go until this gem! Come join us online and think more about how a pre-hospital care portfolio career might work for you now or in the future.

Book here: basics.org.uk/basics-insights

#BASICS_HQ #PortfolioCarrer #PreHospitalCare #PHEM #ImmediateCare

🚨Courses are now open for 2026!🚨

Whether you’re in healthcare or pre-hospital care, there’s a course for you:

💥 Immediate Care
🚑 Pre-Hospital Emergency Care
✈️ PHEA Assist
🧒 Paediatric Pre-Hospital Emergency Care
❤️ Emergency Care (Non-Registered HCPs)

👉 Book now: basics.org.uk/ourcourses

I'm proud to have been awarded a Chairman's award at the @basicshq.bsky.social Annual Dinner for services to the @nwpcc.charity.

Standing alongside some of the absolute legends of pre-hospital emergency care is truly humbling.

Congrats to the winners of our Lightning Presentation & Poster Competitions!

🏆 Lightning Presentation
🥇 1st: Rebecca Smith
🥈 2nd: Heather Reynolds

🏆 Poster Competition
🥇 1st: Dr Charlie Nash
🥈 2nd: Samuel Odlin

We’re incredibly grateful to the Help Appeal for their generous grant. Their support makes a real difference — enabling our charity and affiliated schemes to continue delivering vital, life-saving care across the community.

#PreHospitalCare #GrantGiving #PHEM #CriticalCare #ImmediateCare #BASICSHQ

We’re incredibly grateful to @HelipadHELP for their generous grant. Their support makes a real difference — enabling our charity and affiliated schemes to continue delivering vital, life-saving care across the community.

#PreHospitalCare #GrantGiving #PHEM #CriticalCare #ImmediateCare #BASICSHQ

Huge congratulations to our award winners at the BASICS Annual Dinner, held during the Pre-Hospital Care Conference 2025!

🏆 Tony Kemp – Laerdal Award
🏅 Richard Steyn – Fellowship
👏 Jon Barratt, Ian Bowler, Jeremy Mauger, and John Carrie – Chair’s Awards

#BASICS2025

🚨 Michelle Lee presents the final presentation in our Lightning Presentation Competition — “SWiFT Canada: Canada’s First Prehospital Trauma Transfusion Study — Building a Foundation Forward through Pilot Feasibility Studies.” 🇨🇦 🩸⚡️
#BASICS25

🚨 Pre-recorded presentation from Emily Browne — exploring how immersive simulation rooms improve paramedic student competence in Advanced Life Support training.
Innovative education shaping the next generation of pre-hospital clinicians 🫀⚡️
#BASICS2025

What a night! We were thrilled to host our Annual Awards at the Pre-Hospital Care Conference 2025 last night — a fantastic evening filled with celebration, connection & great food. It was an honour to recognise the incredible dedication and achievements of so many professionals in Pre-Hospital Care.

Happy to be supporting the @basicshq.bsky.social National Conference over the next few days.

Its great to network with schemes across the UK and share learning.

A HUGE thanks to our exhibitors and sponsors of the event.

The #BASICS2025 Conference is underway — bringing together pre-hospital clinicians, military medics, and emergency care experts for two days of innovation, collaboration, and real-world learning.

📍 [Sketchley Grange Hotel & Spa] 🗓️ [Day 1 / 2]

🚨 Last Call! 🚨
Only 6 places left for Friday 10th October at the Pre-Hospital Care Conference 2025!

⚠️ Thursday sessions & the Annual Dinner are now fully booked.

👉 Don’t miss your chance to be part of Friday’s programme — secure your spot today before they’re gone!

🔗 basics.org.uk/conference2025/

🔗Book now: basics.org.uk/conference2025

🚨 2 weeks to go!

The Pre-Hospital Care Conference | 9–10 Oct | Hinckley

Cutting-edge sessions: ejection seat injuries, paediatric knife crime, stroke triage + hands-on workshops in extrication, regional anaesthesia & ECPR.

🎟️Last tickets for conference + Awards Dinner.

Member discounts available.

🚑Course spotlight: Immediate Care Course (ICC), 13–17 Oct.

🩺For clinicians moving into urgent care – covering adult & paediatric pre-hospital care, the PHEA Assist role, and realistic trauma & medical scenarios with fire crews + volunteer casualties.

⏳Limited places – book now: basics.org.uk/icc

The cheap rate for hotel rooms for The Pre-Hospital Care Conference 2025 ends this Friday so getting booking your accommodation at Sketchley Grange Hotel and Spa!

#BASICSHQ #MedicalConference #PreHospitalCare #CriticalCare #ImmediateCare #PHEM #Paramedics #Doctors #Nursing #CFR #EMT #EventMedic

📚Evidence meets experience. From paediatric knife crime to stroke triage, our academic prog. tackles the biggest challenges in pre-hospital care.

🧑‍⚕️ Speakers inc. Prof S Carley, Maj S Webster, Dr C Leech, Dr L Kocierz & more.

📅 9th - 10th October
🔗Full agenda: basics.org.uk/conference2025

#PHEM

Join our next online #BASICS Insights with Dr Brian Fitzsimons, who be outlining some tips and challenges for pre-hospital care GPs may encounter in their #paediatric practice.

Book here: basics.org.uk/basics-insights

#BASICSHQ #BASICSInsights #PreHospitalCare #PHEM #GPs #Doctors #MedicalWorkshop

Innovation in action.

We’re proud to welcome Zoll as our silver sponsor for #BASICS2025.

Don’t miss their Thurs workshop showcasing cutting-edge pre-hospital technology in the Lychgate Suite.

📅 9 Oct | Hands-free CPR, on the go: Resuscitation with Autopulse NXT

🔗 basics.org.uk/conference2025

⚡Supporting those on the frontline.

We’re delighted to have West Craven Insurance Services as a bronze sponsor for The Pre-Hospital Care Conference 2025 — protecting the people who protect lives.
Together, we’re building resilience in the pre-hospital community.

🔗 basics.org.uk/conference2025

🚑 The countdown is on! 🩺

Join the Pre-Hospital Care Conference 2025

📅 9–10 Oct | 📍 Sketchley Grange Hotel, Hinckley

Workshops, hands-on learning & networking.

✨ Sponsored by ZOLL & West Craven Insurance

🔗 Book now: basics.org.uk/conference2025

#basicshq #medicalconference #prehospitalcare

New to #PreHospital Care? Feeling a bit intimidated by your first #medical conference?

Join us for our Newcomers’ Breakfast on Day 1 at 8:30am of the Pre-Hospital Care Conference.

It’s a relaxed, friendly space to meet peers, build connections, and settle in before the full programme kicks off.

📢 Programme drop!

Join us at the Pre-Hospital Care Conference 2025 – 9–10 Oct @ Sketchley Grange, Leicestershire.

🔹 Expert talks
🔹 Skills sessions
🔹 Networking
🔹 Pre-hospital care insights

🎟️ Discounts for BASICS members & students!

👉 basics.org.uk/conference2025

#BASICS2025 #PreHospitalCare

Thanks to @classprofessional.bsky.social for donating ‘ECG on the Go’ cards for our poster & lightning presentation comps!

These fantastic resources will be awarded alongside:

🏆 £250 Amazon – Best Presentation
🏅 £50 Amazon – Best Poster

📢 Abstracts due 15 Aug
👉 Submit now!

#BASICS2025 #BASICSHQ

🎉 Huge congratulations to Ron & Maureen Bailey on their Platinum Wedding Anniversary! 💍

Ron was BASICS' founding administrator (1977–1998) and received the Laerdal Award in 1988 for his outstanding contributions.

An inspiring milestone for a remarkable couple. 💖👏

#BASICSHQ #SARS #BASICSSchemes

basics.org.uk/conference2025