Medical cover for events?

Why oh Why do people who organise events never check the qualifications of ppl who do the medics,even now im retired as a medic when I go to these events and ask to see thier certificates a lot say on the bottom its a certificate that they completed the course not a certificate of competence,one I found was carrying a Cardiac Defibrilator and didnt have a clue how to turn it on he was also carrying cannulas %26amp; drip sets,His excuse was he had them in case a Dr was present,It infuriates me these ppl are cowboys playing with ppls lives.An no one seems bothered till the S**t hits the fan.

Medical cover for events?
well said my friend, its a disgrace that anyone who has a qualification can take charge of a major event and employ idiots to look after our welfare, I am a state reg paramedic and some of these people scare the life out of me,i would not let them look at my pets never mind myself,


I think the points you raise are spot on and its going to take another ibrox disaster or a hillsborough before the people at the top realise the cover is not sufficent, unfortunately its down to cost, the football games we cover in glasgow have had the hours reduced to drop the bill even although its non profit making,???


They used to give the crews a meal voucher to get a burger and a drink and they have even stopped that to cut costs,,,so what chance do you have of them employing more proffesional people, its the old story im afraid,its all roses untill something goes horribly wrong and then **** hit the fan,,


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Reply:I agree with you people who want to be heros can actualy cause the death of some 1 if they dont have any experience and as for the guy who was carrying the de fib i wouldnt have like him to use it on me with no experience on how to use it what is the world coming to with these jokers going round as wana be doctors and nurses.
Reply:Your concern is very genuine. Event Management people, should definitely, insure participants, including fans. I think, the Insurance companies also should be, taking some blame. They have not, properly made aware of such Cover, if there is one.
Reply:I am a volumteer with St John Ambulance. I have been for about four years now. I can't say what anybody else does but our personnel do not carry any copies of certificates with them so the only way to check on qualifications would be with county HQ. I can't say what anybody else does but with SJA all the courses have a set lesson time with pass/fail practical exam at the end, If the examiner doesn't think you are competent you won't pass or get your certificate. You don't specify if this chap with the defib was working for a registered charity or a private first aid organisation. The only thing i can say which might offer a solution is if the defib he had was a different model to the one he had been trained on. In SJA if you do the defib course and pass the assesment then you have a legal obligation to use that machine wether or not you have been trained on it. As a paramedic you would know there are lots of differenet types of defib out there from fully automatic to fully manual. As to why he had canulas, the mind boggles. To answer your question i would say it is not up to the organisers to check on qualifications. They should send in a risk assesment to whoever they want to cover the event and then it is up to that organisation to supply enough qualified people with equipment as theey see fit. Hope this helps

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