In this podcast Duncan explains the role of Coastguard operations including the interaction with the Emergency Services and BASICS Scotland Responders.
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Duncan spent 35 years in the RAF in various roles mainly as a Winchman Paramedic in the UK SAR Force. During this time he was a Qualified Helicopter Crewman Instructor and Winchman Training Officer responsible for the training and standards of UK SAR Winchman both in their operational and medical roles. As a member of the RAF Mountain Rescue Service he took part in various worldwide expeditions, some as Medical Director or Expedition Leader.
With the responsibility for the UK SAR Force transferring to the MCA in 2015, Duncan left the RAF and continues to operate as a Winchman Paramedic, Instructor trainer and Base Clinical Lead.
He has a long-standing involvement with BASICS Scotland going back to 1996. Duncan is the Vice-Chair of BASICS Scotland, an Instructor, Responder and a member of the Clinical Governance Working Group. He is married to a very tolerant and forgiving wife.
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Bernd Wallner & Hermann Brugger - CPR with restricted patient access.
Peter Lorrain-Smith – Police Scotland
Pam Barker and Duncan McDonald - Role of the Scottish Ambulance Service Special Operations Response Team (SORT)
John Aitchison - Scottish Fire and Rescue Service - Who are they and what do they do?
Damon Powell – Roles, Responsibilities and Capabilities of MRT
Stuart Braithwaite – RNLI
Paddy Morgan – Drowning and cold water immersion
James Stevenson - Major Incidents
Caitlin Wilson - Prehospital Feedback
Mark Worrall - Seizures in the Paediatric Patient
Mark Worrall - Paediatric Respiratory Emergencies part 2
Mark Worrall - Paediatric Respiratory Emergencies part 1
Mark Worrall - Anaphylaxis in the paediatric child
Caitlin Wilson - Hyperventilation Syndrome
Gail Topping - Are you OK?
Dave Strachan - Suspension Trauma
April Lochhead - Falls in the community
Winston de Mello - Prehospital management of burns
Lucy Powls - Obstetric Emergencies in the Pre-hospital Environment
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