Recording from TopMedTalk at EBPOM in Dingle, Ireland, Kate Leslie and Imogen Fecher-Jones interview Oliver Pratt, Consultant Anaesthetist at Salford Royal Hospital, Chair of the Primary FRCA Structured Oral Examinations for the Royal College of Anaesthetists, and a Medical Officer for the Kinder Mountain Rescue Team and Joe Cosgrove, a Consultant in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine at the Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, a Primary FRCA Examiner for the Royal College of Anaesthetists, and the Critical Care Outreach Lead specializing in advance care planning. He is also Events Medicine Doctor for Durham County Cricket Club and Newcastle United FC plus adviser to the England and Wales Cricket Board on medical contingency and major incident planning for international cricket matches.

The discussion is about contributing to pre-hospital care in mountain rescue and event healthcare.

Oliver describes joining Kinder Mountain Rescue as a volunteer; emphasising that organisational, teaching, and communication skills are often more useful than advanced procedures. He also notes increasing call-outs for poorly prepared walkers alongside serious cases such as major haemorrhage from a femoral artery laceration.

Joe discusses stadium medicine at Newcastle United, where cardiac arrests occur about once per season, including a 19-year-old with Wolff-Parkinson White (WPW) syndrome and cocaine who survived after prolonged CPR amid derby-day security.

Both outline structured debriefing practices, and Cosgrove mentions new mandatory event healthcare requirements and forthcoming government guidance, while Pratt directs listeners to Mountain Rescue England and Wales for involvement or donations. More on that here: https://www.mountain.rescue.org.uk/support-us/