pre-Climate Camp street medic training — Leeds- 18–20th July 2008

The UK Action Medics are run­ning a 2 1/2 day street medic train­ing in Leeds dur­ing the run-up to Cli­mate Camp. It will be a 20 hour course that will teach you the basics of gen­er­al First Aid, as well as skills to deal with med­ical sit­u­a­tions spe­cif­ic to direct action, such as deal­ing with chem­i­cal weapons and the police.

The UK Action Medics are run­ning a 2 1/2 day street medic train­ing in Leeds dur­ing the run-up to Cli­mate Camp. It will be a 20 hour course that will teach you the basics of gen­er­al First Aid, as well as skills to deal with med­ical sit­u­a­tions spe­cif­ic to direct action, such as deal­ing with chem­i­cal weapons and the police. We will also be offer­ing sec­tions specif­i­cal­ly tai­lored to sit­u­a­tions like­ly to arise at this year’s Cli­mate Camp, such as water safe­ty and pub­lic health. The course will involve sce­nar­ios and hands-on prac­tice and, although we can­not offer you any offi­cial accred­i­ta­tion, the 2 1/2 day train­ing is the min­i­mum stan­dard for mem­ber­ship of the Action Medics, and will equip you for a wide range of sit­u­a­tions, from hypother­mia to baton wounds.

The train­ing will be on the 18th-20th of July, which is Fri­day to Sat­ur­day. There will be 3 or 4 hours on Fri­day evening and two full days on Sat­ur­day and Sun­day. Veg­an food will be pro­vid­ed, as well as accom­mo­da­tion if need­ed — we ask for a dona­tion of £30 to cov­er costs, although this will be less if we can find a venue for free.

The venue is as yet uncon­firmed, but the train­ing will take place in cen­tral Leeds, and we can give you direc­tions from the train/bus sta­tion. It is essen­tial to book a place so we know how many peo­ple are com­ing — please email medics@climatecamp.org.uk to do this, or with any ques­tions.

The Action Medics will be run­ning a medic space at this year’s Cli­mate Camp. Your help would be wel­come – we require that vol­un­teers have either tak­en:

a) our week­end Action Medics train­ing & CPR train­ing
OR
b) First Aid At Work, with expe­ri­ence of sce­nar­ios and CPR train­ing

If you’d like to be involved, please email us at medics@climatecamp.org.uk

www.actionmedics.org.uk