Updated March 24

LAMRT Casualty Care Training - the Remote Rescue Medical Technician (RRMT)

All team members will be involved in casualty care training as part of their general team training. MREW require that certain clinical interventions can only be undertaken after passing the ‘Remote Rescue Medical Technician’ certification, which needs to be renewed every 3yrs. We call these team members ‘Cas Carers’. The approach to training for the certificate will differ for first-timers and for those re-certifying.

Preparation for re-certification as a Remote Rescue Medical Technician

·      Read new MREW syllabus 2024

·      Review latest drug formulary

·      Cas Care training sessions

·      Weekly coffee and Cas Care mornings

·      Begin formal logbook sign-offs in January for the end-of-year exam

·      Complete logbook sign-offs and BLS sign-off by July

·      Annual BLS sign-off to maintain certification

·      Scenario practice

·      Review exam briefing

·      Review Medical and Trauma marking sheets

Preparation for first certification as a Remote Rescue Medical Technician

·      Candidates to be full team members prior to training.

·      Candidates to have Cas Care mentor

·      Induction to be aided by structured exposure to kit, skills, and scenarios

·      Candidates to be paired up for self-directed familiarisation and practice

·      Structured work through the Casualty Care Revision in Mountain Rescue Book & all Cas Care sections of the Training Website

·      Induction to kit – work through sacks with trainer and be proactive with re-packing after rescues to become familiar with contents.

·      Responsible for maintaining medical and fracture training sacks in sequence for 4 months each – fortnightly checking

·      Formal buddy system on the hill on call-outs: seek out experienced RRMT or Health Care Professional (HCP) and actively discuss throughout call-out

·      Active role in bodying for Cas Care training sessions

·      Skills triads of observation, practice and supervision.

o   Watch someone complete a task or skill 

o   Undertake the same under observation

o   Critique another candidate in performing skill.

·      Formal log-book sign-off to commence throughout the year

·      BLS training and sign-off

·      Weekly Coffee and Cas Care morning 7:30 – 8:30am

NB. BLS assessments a) can only be undertaken by 1) a certified BLS Trainer or 2) An HCP with ALS qualification, and b) need to be reassessed annually for the Cas Care / RRMT certification to remain valid, and thus permit us to practice and give drugs on the hill.