Medical Support Officers

19/10/2012

MEMBERS OF RAF WITTERING SAVING LIFE IN THE LOCAL COMMUNITY

After almost a year in the planning the RAF Wittering Co-Responder Scheme has completed its first operational shift. Members of the RAF Wittering community in partnership with the East Midlands Ambulance Service (EMAS) are now achieving their aim of helping to save lives in the Lincolnshire county area.

At their launch on 1 Oct 2012 attended by the EMAS Director of Operations, Peter Ripley and the Mayor of Stamford, Councillor Bob Sandall, Group Captain Richard Hill, Officer Commanding RAF Wittering commented “We are delighted to participate in such a valuable project; the life saving work that these volunteers will be undertaking, will undoubtedly make a positive contribution within our local community.”

The Responder Team comprises nearly 30 volunteers from a wide range of backgrounds including Nurses, Bomb Disposal and Logisticians from across RAF Wittering.
Prior to the first shift, all members of the team completed clinical and driving courses at the EMAS training facility in Lincoln. This training allows them to respond to 999 emergency calls throughout the county of Lincolnshire. During a shift, two members of the team man a rapid response vehicle that comes under the direct control of EMAS Control Centre located at Cross O Cliffe, Lincoln.
The first shift proved to be eventful, the volunteers booked on at Stamford Ambulance Station in Call sign 6333 and where immediately dispatched to an emergency call in Stamford involving a young male suffering a seizure. During the remainder of the evening 6333 responded to 4 emergency calls across the Lincolnshire area, 2 of which resulted in medical treatment being given whilst awaiting the arrival of the front line ambulance.

Responder schemes are operated by a number of military units in partnership with Regional Ambulance Services around the country. The rapid intervention of these volunteers has often proved critical in the early treatment of patients.

19/10/2012

19/10/2012

The booking form for the Conference is out! If you didn't get it but would like to come send me a message or email me on nancy.sharman959@mod.uk

04/08/2012

DEFENCE HEALTHCARE GOVERNANCE LBR 6348
15 Credits Level 6
Module Leader: Sqn Leader Mark Sewart

The Defence Health Care Governance module will provide students with the knowledge and skills to develop their role as a healthcare professional within both the operational environment and at the interface with NHS colleagues, by enabling them to contextualise common understanding of health care governance from the perspective of Defence, for the client group and clinicians alike.

This module gives the student the opportunity to engage with an academic process that will focus on understanding the issues around quality assurance, quality improvement and clinical excellence as they relate to the unique challenges faced by the Defence healthcare community. Given that formal Healthcare Governance training is already externally provided, the purpose of this module is to enable students to contextualise theory and practice in relation specifically to the Defence healthcare environment.

The aim of the module would be to harness existing knowledge and experience of governance in practice. Students will build upon that, around a framework that takes the student through the historical and policy development of governance, to a point where they can demonstrate an enhanced understanding of both the rationale for and the process of healthcare governance, as it applies to Defence.

Please contact
Mrs R Hitchen
Training Plans
Defence Postgraduate Medical Deanery
SG JMC DPMD-Trg Plans

24/05/2012

MONEY raised at a memorial service for sitcom writer David Croft has been donated to the mental and social wellbeing of troops, at a ceremony attended by his wife.

24/05/2012

SKETCH FOR THE WOUNDED 2012

Flt Lt Sanderson has commenced her fundraising project for 2012 which will include a number of fundraising projects. The main one will be ‘Sketch for the Wounded’. If you are looking for a personal gift then why not have a family portrait sketched, your favourite pet or that special place. Email your photo’s to Michelle on: mitsanuk@hotmail.com She will then sketch from your photo and return to you. All she asks if a contribution towards her charity on the Just Giving site. Full details can be found at the following link:

https://www.justgiving.com/account/your-pages/Michelle-Sanderson3

JustGiving - the easiest way to fundraise and donate to charity online

24/05/2012

The MSO Branch would like to welcome Flt Lt Becky Greig-Smith

Flt Lt Becky Greig-Smith was born on 22nd January 1982 in Liverpool. In 2003 she gained a BEng (Hons) in Aeronautical/Mechanical Engineering from University of Wales. After graduating, she served as a member of the Territorial Army whilst working for HM Customs & Excise. She commissioned in the RAF in 2006 and commenced her training as a Weapons Systems Officer. In 2010, Flt Greig-Smith passed the Tornado Gr4 Operational Conversion Unit and was posted to 617 Sqn.

In 2012, she re-branched to the Medical Support Officer role. She is posted in as OC Trg Stds & Co-ord, Tactical Medical Wing.

Flt Greig-Smith was recently married to Dan, a Weapons Systems Officer currently posted to 12(B) Sqn, RAF Lossiemouth. She enjoys badminton and hill walking with her husband and their Great Swiss Mountain Dog, Juno.

02/05/2012

The MSO Branch would like to welcome FG Off Brian Collins

Aged 38, Fg Off Brian Collins has seen more service life than the average Flying Officer. Born and grew up in Co Londonderry, Northern Ireland, he joined the RAF in 1997 at the age of 23 as a RAF PTI, graduating from trade training at RAF Cosford in September 1998. Collins was then to complete postings at RAF Lyneham and RAF Aldergrove, where he developed a healthy interest for his chosen specialisation of Remedial Instructor (RI) or as it is now known Exercise Rehabilitation Instructor (ERI). Collins left Aldergrove in 2003 for DMRC Headley Court to commence RI training. He was posted to RAF Kinloss in January 2004 with the task of getting the new Primary Care Rehabilitation Facility (PCRF) opened and operational. After 6 months there, was promoted to the rank of Sgt and posted to RAF Valley with a similar mandate to that of his Kinloss tour.

In 2005, Collins commenced a BSc (Hons) in Sports Rehabilitation, a 3 year programme of study at St Mary’s University College, Twickenham. His course was interrupted in 2006 as he deployed for 4 months to Southern Iraq on Op TELIC 8. His role there was as the ERI on the Deployed Rehab Team for Multi-National Division (South East) in the British Military Hospital at Shaibah Logs Base, whilst the RAF commanded the facility. Collins re-joined the degree programme on return from Operations and graduated in 2009.

During his career Collins has displayed a keen interest in all sports, in particular skiing and rugby. He holds an instructor qualification in alpine skiing and has held additional duties with the RAF Ski Team, and RAF Senior XV as well as Combined Services Senior XV. It was his role in the Service Rugby environment that aided his selection for a clinical placement at Munster Rugby in Cork, and to be a massage therapist on the Help for Heroes Challenge Match at Twickenham Stadium in Sep 2008. The event raised £1.4M for the charity and involved some of the biggest names in world rugby like Jonah Lomu, Martin Johnston and Scott Gibbs. This paved the way for a role as massage therapist to the Wales U-20s at 2 IRB Junior World Cup tournaments, as well as three 6 Nations Championships. Collins’ role with the National teams involved soft tissue work, strength and conditioning training and post-match recovery sessions. Collins has travelled extensively visiting Japan, Argentina, Australia, Israel, the US, Canada and Europe.

In 2009, Collins applied for commission as a Medical Support Officer. He passed OASC in 2010 and in July 2011 commenced IOT. He graduated in Mar 2012, and was awarded the Sword of Honour. Fg Off Collins is posted to the COS Health Directorate, HQ Air Command, as SO3 Health Support.

Fg Off Collins still has a keen interest in rugby, skiing and hillwalking. He is married to Kellyann and is a very proud Dad to Joshua (2).

15/04/2012

Good Luck to Lisa Kelly and Mary Clarke who are trialling for the Ladies RAF Cricket team this year. Lisa is the current Captain and we wish them good luck for the 2012 Season.

09/02/2012

The first annual conference for the Higher Education Academy Health Science community (which includes medicine, dentistry and veterinary medicine) is to be held at the East Midlands Conference Centre.The conference will focus on innovation, simulation and the evolution of technology enhanced learning (TEL) in healthcare education. The aim of the conference is to celebrate innovative practice, to investigate methods of incorporating TEL into healthcare curricula and to introduce future developments.

Please send applications to

Sqn Ldr Catherine Cook - DPMD

The Health Sciences discipline cluster is based at the Higher Education Academy in York and consists of a core of 11 team members who are spread across the UK. The cluster primarily represents the disciplines of Nursing, Medicine Dentistry and Veterinary science and all subjects related to health. W...

11/10/2011

IHM is the Professional organisation for managers and leaders throughout the UK Health and Social care sector, including: the NHS; Independent Providers; Healthcare Consultants; and the Armed Forces.

09/09/2011

Please see the flyer for the next Haywood Club Event - Medical Support to Remote and Isolated Units