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Date: 10/05/2025
Topic: BMC/BMMS Mountain Medicine Weekend 2025
Convenor: BMC. Robin Beadle is happy to provide names of guides attending and report
Venue: Memorial Hall, Hathersage
Duration (start and finish time. minimum 6 hours): 2 days 10/5/25 09.30 to 17.30 11/5/25 09.30 to 17.00
About: BMC/BMMS Mountain Medicine Weekend

Programme
Saturday 10 May 2025

Sessions will run several times during the day according to the level of the demand.
Please note that if sessions are over- or under-subscribed we may not be able to accommodate
all preferences.
08:30 – 09:30 REGISTRATION
09:15 – 09:30 Welcome (all attendees)
09:30 – 10:30 Primary Survey (all attendees)
10:30 – 10:45 Break
10:45 – 11:45 Optional Session 1
11:45 – 12:00 Break
12:00 – 13:00 Optional Session 2
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch break (please note lunch is not provided)
14:00 – 15:00 Optional Session 3
15:00 – 15:15 Break
15:15 – 16:15 Optional Session 4
16:15 – 16:30 Break
16:30 – 17:30 Iain Peters discussing his new book: The Corridor

(optional – all attendees)

17:30 – 18:00 Break
18:00 – 19:00 Pie and pea dinner – BYO drinks
(optional – all attendees)
19:00 – 20:00 Evening lecture – Dr Charles Clarke
(optional – all attendees)

Optional Sessions: Saturday 10 May 2025
• Altitude and Acclimatisation
• AMS/HAPE/HACE. PAC Bag
• Frostbite
• Hypothermia
• Hand Injuries in climbers
• Women in the mountains
• Mountaineering with co-existing conditions
• Exertional Heat Illness
• Foot care: tapping, strapping and general care.
• Mountain Incidents: Teamwork and human factors
Choice of 4 sessions. All attendees will also do a Primary Survey session in the morning.

BMC/BMMS Mountain Medicine Weekend

Programme
Sunday 11 May 2025

Sessions will run several times during the day according to the level of the demand.
Please note that if sessions are over- or under-subscribed we may not be able to accommodate
all preferences.
09:00 – 09:30 REGISTRATION (for Sunday only attendees)
09:15 – 09:30 Welcome (all attendees)
09:30 – 10:30 Optional Session 1
10:30 – 10:45 Break
10:45 – 11:45 Optional Session 2
11:45 – 12:00 Break
12:00 – 13:00 Optional Session 3
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch break (please note lunch is not provided)
14:00 – 15:00 Optional Session 4
15:00 – 15:15 Break
15:15 – 16:15 Optional Session 5
16:15 – 16:30 Break
16:30 – 17:00 Q&A session (optional – all attendees)
Finish

Optional Sessions: Sunday 11 May 2025
• First Aid Kits
• Soft Tissue wounds
• Limb Splintage
• Ticks and mosquitos: common diseases and prevention.
• Water purification
• Pre expedition advice and common medical problems.
• Nutritional Consideration for the outdoors
• CPR in the mountains
• Movement of the injured casualty
• Ultra-races: Common medical issues and prevention
• Meet the Mountain Rescue Team: A simulated Mountain Rescue Incident
• Multiple Injured Casualty (Trauma)
• Dogs in the Mountains
Attendance (to whom available): Anybody, including instructors and guides requiring CPD
Cost: 1-day full price £90 1-day BMC/BMMS members £80 2-days full price £120 2-days BMC/BMMS members £100
CPD Points Value: 2
Please book via: Other
Advertised on Engage (Yammer): Yes
Date of approval: [Not asked]
Area of Approval: Please refer to Andy Owen, Chair PSC
Method of Approval: Area Meeting

BMG Cancellation Policy

Cancellation by attendee:
Course attendance cannot be cancelled online; attendees need to call the Mountain Training office.
If a booking is made in error and a cancellation is made within 14 days of booking, a full refund will be made.
All refunds made, except those made within 14 days of booking, will be subject to a minimal charge due to CMS transaction charges incurred which cannot be reclaimed. This charge is £7.50 for refunds up to £300 and 2.5% of refunds above £300.

If cancellations are received up to eight weeks before the course, attendees will get a full refund (less CMS transaction fee); less than eight weeks, but more than four weeks before the course: 50% refund (less CMS transaction fee); less than four weeks before the course date: no refund unless a reserve is able to fill the slot.
Late non-attendance due to unforeseen circumstances needs to be reported ASAP direct to the course provider, so that arrangements can be made to allow reserves to attend.

Cancellation by the BMG:
The BMG will cancel workshops/courses which do not meet the minimum attendance criteria no less than four weeks before the course date, and a full refund will be given. Every effort is made to deliver all of the advertised courses, however as these are non-profitmaking, the BMG reserves the right to cancel a course should there be insufficient attendees to cover the costs.

Cancellation by trainer:
If the provider cannot run the course at the last minute due to injury or illness, and cannot find an alternative provider, it is their responsibility to notify candidates of the last-minute cancellation. The BMG will refund the candidate in full and no payment will be made to the provider.

Start

10/05/2025

End

11/05/2025

Total Days

2

Maximum Bookings

10

Venue

Hathersage Memorial Hall

Town

Hathersage

County

Derbyshire

Postcode

S32 1DU

Country

United Kingdom

Latitude

53.32926

Longitude

-1.65389

Name

British Mountain Guides

Phone

01690 720386

Email