TSGTalk

Why is understanding the social structure of the people we care for important? Will it make a difference to the outcome of the care we provide, and is it something we should incorporate into our care plans to make a real difference? We are honoured to speak with Colonol (Retired) David Bates ARRC BN MMedEd MPH SFHEA FIHSCM FRSPH MloD, Senior Lecturer at the University of Cumbria. David will take u...

What happens when responders face subzero chaos? In this episode, Sergeant Rob Simpson shares frontline insights on how emergency services operate and train in extreme cold. It explores Simpson’s hands-on approach, particularly his innovative training exercise “Winter Storm,” aimed at stress-testing emergency response protocols in cold environments.

Welcome everyone to the latest edition of TSG Talk. TSG Talk explores the unique challenges of providing medical care in complex environments and investigates how we can organise our input to maximise survivors. Responding to an incident where there are multiple casualties who have significant thermal injures will be one of the most difficult events a health system has to respond to. Understanding...

Today we will look at what it takes to save lives in conflict zones, working to understand what are the challenges and methods used to try and overcome them. There are only a small number of people who can honestly say they have an in-depth understanding of deploying and operating medically in conflict zones. Our guest tonight Mr Richard Villar has three decades of experience including service as...

We are excited to bring you our latest podcast episode, where we introduce our special guest, Mary Rose Fitzgerald, who kindly talks us through the concepts of a hospital evacuation and her experience during an evacuation at Wexford General Hospital, where over 200 patients were evacuated. For more information, please visit our website at https://www.tsgassociates.co.uk

Virtual reality training can be a major resource for preparing colleagues to respond to complex scenarios but it needs to be part of a wider blended training approach. In the case of multiple casualties support learning and understanding critical skills like: Understanding your role in a major incident and initial scene management  Application of a triage flow chart  Wound packing, using...

In the latest episode of TSG Talk, Senior Partner Colin Smart is joined by Surgeon General of the United Kingdom's Defence Medical Services, Major General Tim Hodgetts, to discuss many aspects of his career he wished he'd known earlier. The episode highlights: The important lessons learned in medical leadership How effective leadership can be maximised to achieve the best outcome for patients

In the latest episode of TSG Talk, Senior Partner Colin Smart is joined by special guest Krisse Stiles, Client Liaison Manager at Leigh Day. Stiles is a burns and plastic surgery nurse specialist with a wealth of history in treating burn injuries in multiple casualty events, and discusses how it can be an incredibly difficult situation to manage. This episode also discusses: Issues to consider for...

In the latest episode of the TSG Talk podcast, Senior Partner Colin Smart is joined by Liz Baugh, the Lead Medical Consultant, Maritime at Red Square Medical. Providing care as part of a ship's medical team creates many challenges and scenarios for the personnel involved. Colin and Liz discuss the details of the work involved and how they are addressed to provide optimal casualty care.

In the latest episode of TSG Talk, Senior Partner Colin Smart is joined by Dr Marcus Larsson who was part of the medical team deployed to assist the response to the earthquakes in Turkey and Syria which took place on 6th February 2023. There was widespread damage with the official death toll of 59,000 and an estimated 1.5 million people homeless. Damage to roads, communication systems and winter s...

In the latest episode of TSG Talk, Senior Partner Colin Smart is joined by Jorgen Melau PhD. Preventing or managing hypothermia is an important factor in our aim of maximising survival and minimising suffering, and Jorgen has studied the subject in great depth analysing whether the standards used are effective or whether we should be thinking differently. In this episode we discuss: Jorgen's thoug...

In this podcast, titled 'Mountain Rescue Medicine', we welcome our guest, Dr Alistair Morris. Alistair is currently the Medical Director of Mountain Rescue, England and Wales, a role which sees him manage provisions for all 47 mountain rescue teams across the two countries. He is also a Consultant Paediatrician at Halifax Hospital and works alongside their A&E department on a day-to-day basis....

We are delighted to present the latest episode of our podcast titled "A long wait", where we have the pleasure of welcoming our esteemed guest, Ted Liddle. During the preparation for a charity cycling event, Ted suffered a syncope, leading to a severe fall and 12 broken ribs. In this episode, Colin delves into the details of Ted's accident; Discussion of the excruciating pain Ted endured Detriment...

In this podcast, titled 'Providing life-saving pre-hospital care in a war zone', we welcome our guest, Andy Thomas. After joining the RAF as a medic, Andy qualified as a paramedic for the NHS and was deployed as a paramedic in Afghanistan in 2009, however has since left the military around 6/7 years ago. Today, he is here to talk about his experience in working as a paramedic in a war zone. ...

Our latest TSG Talk podcast is now live featuring our guest Dr Johan Bogg. In this podcast the conversation focuses on Delivering Tactical Trauma Care Training In Ukraine. Topics of discussion include: What's involved in a tactical trauma care training program The logistical challenges faced The students backgrounds and what in particular that made them join the program And so much more!

Our latest TSG Talk podcast is now live featuring our guest Liam Lehane. In this podcast the conversation focuses on the Medical planning for Queen Elizabeth’s funeral. Topics of discussion include: Liam's experiences planning for and responding to multiple casualties event The Unique aspects required for planning and preparing for Queen Elizabeth's funeral. Practical advice for anyone dealing wit...

Our latest TSG Talk podcast is here featuring Colin Smart and Robina McCann! In this podcast Colin and special guest Dr Robina McCann talk about their experiences dealing with medical disasters in a remote area, some ways to deal with a disaster, and much much more.

In this podcast, titled 'Monitoring the hypothermic casualty', we welcome our guest Aebhric O'Kelly, the Executive Dean for the College of Remote and Offshore Medicine Foundation, to discuss the importance of treating hypothermia, the challenges when looking to prevent it and much more!

In this episode, titled 'Providing critical medical care within a caving system', we welcome Brendan Sloan, who talks about the experience he had late last year when being involved with one of the British Cave Rescue Council's largest rescues to be completed in over 20 years! If you'd like to find out more about how you can support the work of your local cave rescue team then head on over to caver...

In this episode, titled 'Delivering Medical Assistance To Ukraine', we welcome Adam Gent as our guest as he discusses his experiences providing aid to those in Ukraine that have been caught up in the devastating war with Russia.

In this episode of TSG Talk, we're joined by Dr Bob Mark who shares some brilliant insight into his experiences with delivering care in remote locations.

In this episode, we're joined by the brilliant Dr. Giulio Novarese to discuss his experiences in responding to tactical events.

In this episode, we are joined by AJ Heightman to discuss his thoughts on some practical approaches to Mass Casualty Incidents.

In this episode we are joined by 13 year old Henry, who tells us an outstanding story about how he saved his dads life in a complex and time critical scenario.

Effective Triage in multiple casualty events is a corner stone to a successful response, but often noted as one of the most difficult roles to perform. Paediatric involvement can add an additional stress and complexity to the response. In this episode we are fortunate to be joined by Dr Ian Maconochie, Professor of Practice, Paediatric Emergency Medicine, Imperial College at Imperial College...