Our most advanced training programme, the Immediate Care Course (ICC), is underway this week in Essex. Covering adult and paediatric pre-hospital emergency care, as well as the Pre-Hospital Emergency Anaesthesia (PHEA) Assist role, the ICC is an immersive, highly practical course designed to prepare clinicians for the realities of working in challenging pre-hospital environments. This week, amongst other things, delegates have been taking part in realistic road traffic collision (RTC) scenarios alongside local fire crews, putting their skills to the test in true-to-life situations. Thank you to Essex County Fire and Rescue Service for taking part in these joint learning exercises. Take a look at some of the behind-the-scenes photos captured by our volunteer casualties. 📅 Bookings are now open for the May 2027 ICC, along with a range of 2027 dates for: ✅ Pre-Hospital Emergency Care (PHEC) Course ✅ Paediatric PHEC Day ✅ PHEA Assist Day Find out more and book your place: basics.org.uk/learn/ Thank you to our brilliant teaching team Adam Waller, Matthew Ward, Heather Reynolds, Craig Hold and Ben. #BASICS_HQ #PreHospitalCare #PHEM #CriticalCare #EmergencyMedicine #EmergencyCare #ImmediateCare #Doctors #Paramedics #Nurses #Nursing #RTC

Research, innovation and real-world impact were on full display at The Pre-Hospital Care Conference 2026. We're pleased to showcase two more posters from this year's poster competition, demonstrating the great work being undertaken across the pre-hospital care community. The poster competition complemented a programme packed with expert plenary sessions, practical demonstrations and interactive workshops, helping to combine educational depth and practical application. Featured posters: 📌 Wesley Dean – Closing the Loop: A Six-month Interim Review of an ED-to-Prehospital Feedback Pathway for Colleagues' Wellbeing, Closure and Learning @swasFT @gloshospitals 📌 Lauren Martin – Outcomes of Major Burn Patients attended by @NWAirAmbulance Congratulations to both presenters and thank you for sharing your valuable insights with delegates. #BASICS_HQ #PreHospitalMedicine #ResearchMatters #EmergencyCare #HealthcareInnovation #PHEM #PreHospitalCare #CriticalCare #EmergencyMedicine

We're delighted to showcase two more outstanding posters from The Pre-Hospital Care Conference 2026: 📊 Emily Murden – Hospital turnaround times in a UK HEMS team: Improving mission availability through Service Evaluation ⛰️ Becca Smith – The epidemiology of medical events on Pik Lenin (7,134 metres), Kyrgyzstan: findings from the Slava Topol Project 2026 The standard of posters displayed throughout the conference was excellent. We were particularly pleased to see so many students contributing high-quality research, helping to shape the future of pre-hospital care. 📅 Looking ahead, we're excited to welcome delegates to our 50th Anniversary Conference in York on 7-8 October 2027, where the poster and lightning presentation competitions will return. Keep an eye out in the new year for details of the abstract submission process. #BASICS_HQ #PreHospitalCare #MedicalResearch #HEMS #EmergencyMedicine #CriticalCare #PHEM #StudentMedic

🎉 Congratulations once again to the winners of our Student and Non-Student Poster Competitions at the Pre-Hospital Care Conference 2026! We're delighted to showcase these outstanding pieces of research from this year's winners: 🏆 Student Poster Winner Ana-Sofia Pena Meier: Cardiac Arrest Dispatch Decisions by Critical Care Paramedics in the @NWAirAmbulance 🏆 Non-Student Poster Winner Juliet Forsyth & Lewis Miller: Retrospective Audit of Post-Mortem Findings Following Pre-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Managed by @Magpas_Charity (January 2024-January 2026) Congratulations to all our winners for their valuable contributions to advancing pre-hospital care. Take a look at their award-winning posters below. 👇 #BASICS_HQ #PreHospitalCare #Paramedicine #CriticalCare #PHEM #AirAmbulance #MedicalStudent #EmergencyMedicine #EmergencyCare #MedicalConference #MedicalPoster

A huge thank you to the @HelipadHELP for their continued generosity and commitment to supporting BASICS and our schemes across the UK. 💚 This year they have hit the incredible milestone of having donated £2 million. Funding like this enables volunteer clinicians to respond with the equipment, vehicles and resources needed to provide life-saving pre-hospital care when and where it is needed most. It helps us reach patients faster, deliver critical interventions, and ultimately save lives in our communities. 🚑 We're incredibly grateful to be part of a partnership that continues to strengthen emergency care nationwide. 👏 Read more: basics.org.uk/news/help-appe… #PreHospitalCare #EmergencyMedicine #BASICS_HQ #SavingLives #Volunteers #BASICSSchemes #CriticalCare

🩸 3/3 | Morning Highlights #BASICS2026 Wg Cdr Rob James (@EmergencyDoc209) on methods of haemorrhage detection. 🔑 Physiology matters! Conventional obs don't tell the full story. Tissue oxygen delivery is key, yet no single tool reliably assesses this in prehospital care.

👏 Thanks to our 3 military speakers @DMS_DefMedAcad, @lauracottey & @EmergencyDoc209 at #BASICS2026! Blood products evolving, perfusion tricky to measure & exciting analgesia trials ahead! Great to see research flowing between military & civilian PHEM. 🔄 Shared challenges, better patient care!

Delighted to have welcomed @DrLindaDykes as our keynote speaker this morning at The Pre-Hospital Care Conference 2026. Thank you so much for sharing your expertise! #BASICS_HQ #PHEM #PreHospitalCare #CriticalCare

We are so grateful to Andy Pountney to all that he has done for BASICS during his time as Chair Person. It was great to honour him at the annual awards dinner at The Pre-Hospital Care Conference 2026 as we also welcomed Paul Gates into the role for the second time. Thank you both! 👏 Congratulations also to our Office Manager Nancy Howlett who was honoured with a 10 year service award. Here's to another 10 at BASICS 😊 #BASICS_HQ #PHEM #PreHospitalCare

🎓 4/4 | Afternoon Conference Highlights from Day 1 #BASICS2026 Tom Boyd (@LaerdalMedical) explored “From Procedures to Pathways”, drawing on simulation training from military to humanitarian and conflict settings. 💬 A powerful reminder that communication is part of treatment, especially in trauma care. #MedEd #Simulation

🪨 3/5 | Afternoon Conference Highlights from Day 1 #BASICS2026 Dr Leo Wood explored the FPHC Crush Injury consensus, highlighting limited evidence and key updates: 🔑 Individualised fluids, blood for haemorrhage, tourniquets for catastrophic bleeding & no routine prophylactic hyperkalaemia treatment. 📖 fphc.rcsed.ac.uk/education-r…

🚗 The EXIT Project: evidence-based extrication in action! Conference delegates getting hands-on and practising extrication, guided by members of the BASICS education team. Bringing evidence into practice together. #BASICS2026 #Extrication #PHEC

🚗 From theory to practice: Paul Hamer from @_UKRO and @shropsfire demonstrating vehicle extrication at today’s BASICS Pre-Hospital Care Conference. A great opportunity to see the skills and teamwork behind the rescue. #BASICS2026 #Extrication #PHEC

Booking will close for The Pre-Hospital Care Conference 2026 on Monday at 8.30am. Book now to avoid missing out! basics.org.uk/conference/ #BASICS_HQ #MedicalConference #PHEM #PreHospitalCare #CriticalCare #EmergencyMedicine

🚑 The Pre-Hospital Care Conference 2026 is just one week away! Please note that tickets for the Awards Dinner have now closed, but there is still time to secure your place at the conference. Our next speaker reveal is Leo Wood, who will be presenting: 🩺 "Early Management of Crush Injury – The New FPHC Consensus" The Faculty of Pre-Hospital Care recently published updated consensus guidance on the early management of patients with crush injuries. In this session, Leo will explore the key evidence-based recommendations and best practice updates that every pre-hospital clinician should know. Dr Leo Wood is an Emergency Medicine Trainee based in Bristol with a keen interest in Global Emergency Care and Pre-Hospital Emergency Medicine. Outside of work, you'll usually find him running in the hills. 🎟️ Book your conference ticket here: basics.org.uk/conference/ #BASICS_HQ #PHEM #CRUSH #EmergencyMedicine #PreHospitalCare #CriticalCare #EmergencyCare #MedicalConference

🚨 The Pre-Hospital Care Conference 2026 is next week! 🚨 With tickets nearly sold out, now is the time to secure your place before you miss out: 🎟️ basics.org.uk/conference/ Our next speaker reveal is Dr Andy Smith, who will be presenting: "The Faculty of Pre-Hospital Care at 30 Years". Dr Smith is a BASICS doctor with @YorksAmbulance and holds the Fellowship in Immediate Medical Care from the @RCSEd . He is an examiner for Dip IMC and FIMC, Educational Chair for the Yorkshire Branch of the Faculty of Pre-Hospital Care, and Course Director for the FPHC Crowd Doctors Course. Dr Smith is also a recognised leader in sports and exercise medicine, serving as Field of Play Clinical/Immediate Care Lead at Twickenham Stadium, Clinical Governance Advisor to Premiership Rugby, and Technical Director and Senior Medical Educator for World Rugby's Immediate Care in Rugby programme. Don't miss the opportunity to hear from one of the UK's leading figures in pre-hospital and immediate care. #BASICS2026 #PreHospitalCare #BASICS_HQ #CriticalCare #MedicalConference #EmergencyMedicine #EmergencyCare #EventMedicine #CrowdPractitioner

A lot of work goes into The Pre-Hospital Care Conference behind the scenes. Today we were getting all your conference bags ready. Workshop selections for the conference are now open! So if you haven't booked your ticket yet, make sure you do soon to avoid missing out on your top choice workshops. Book here: basics.org.uk/conference/ #BASICS_HQ #MedicalConference #PHEM #PreHospital #PreHospitalCare #CriticalCare #EmergencyCare #ImmediateCare #CrowdPractitioner