Advice to Universities
British universities send hundreds of people abroad annually to remote places under their auspices to undertake field projects, conduct research and adventurous expeditions.
WMT is very experienced in helping institutions exercise their duty of care to ensure that participants are medical trained to operate in remote, often hostile places, where medical support is limited, sub-standard or hard to reach.
WMT has worked with many academic institutions including delivering private Far From Help programmes for Cambridge, Hull, Sheffield and Leicester universities. In addition, many dozens of individual researchers, university expedition members and faculty have attended WMT open programmes.
WMT’s Senior Instructor Dr Tariq Qureshi has been an expedition advisor to Oxford University for many years and he is best placed to advise other institutions as to the high standards of preparation that is expected with regard to risk assessments, medical planning, medical training and supplies and crisis management planning.
Please contact WMT if we can be of help or if you require a quotation for a private programme. See also this BESPOKE TRAINING page.
Recent university bespoke course feedback:
The training provided on this course can be transfered to ANY situation when travelling or otherwise engaged in outdoor activities both in the UK and abroad.
…makes me feel comfortable in handling any trauma situation that may happen “close to help” as well as “far from help”.
After the course I realised just how unprepared I have been working in expeditions or distant fieldwork, and how some of the most basic medic training could considerably affect the outcome of any emergency situation far from help.
This type of training is essential for all students and researchers involved in fieldwork.
I would view it as essential training which should be provided for all conducting fieldwork abroad. First aid training for the UK where medical help is near to hand is simply not adequate for fieldwork.
