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Nerve Blocks for Rib Fractures
Serratus anterior nerve blocks show great potential as a treatment for rib fractures
Fundamentals of Applied Pathophysiology for Paramedics
Fundamentals of Applied Pathophysiology for Paramedics is a new textbook for student paramedics (and those brushing up…
Diploma in Immediate Medical Care
The Diploma in Immediate Medical Care (DIMC) examination from the Faculty of Prehospital Care (FPHC) at the…
Fellow of the FRRHH RCSEd
The Faculty of Remote, Rural and Humanitarian Healthcare (FRRHH) at the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh…
The Big Sick 2024 – Conference Report (Day 1)
The Big Sick is a medical conference hosted by Air Zermatt in Switzerland. Air Zermatt are the…
EXIT: Vehicle Extrication
In recent years there have been huge advances in the evidence base surrounding vehicle extrication, that is,…
“Syringe Hickey” for Skin Marking
How do you mark a patients skin prior to a procedure, such as a chest drain or…
NATO Phonetic Alphabet
The NATO phonetic alphabet is a spelling alphabet used for radiotelephonic communication. It’s especially useful for prehospital…
Training with Cairngorm Mountain Rescue
We were very fortunate to be invited to the Cairngorm Mountain Rescue Team base to learn more…
Paediatric Major Trauma
Trauma remains a significant cause of illness and death among children in the United Kingdom (UK). In…
Faculty of Remote, Rural and Humanitarian Healthcare
The Faculty of Remote and Rural Healthcare was launched by The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh…
The LUCAS device
The PICT Team is pleased to announce the integration of the LUCAS3 mechanical cardiopulmonary resuscitation (mCPR) device…
Safety Netting
In their role as Emergency Medicine outreach, PICT are able to safely discharge many patients on scene,…
Happy 20 Year Anniversary to EMRS
2024 marks the 20 year anniversary of EMRS! EMRS, the Emergency Medical Retrieval Service, is part of…
OMI
We’ve been using the terminology of STEMI (ST segment elevation myocardial infarction) and NSTEMI (non-STEMI) for many…
PFC on The Resus Room podcast
We posted a few months ago about the concept of Prolonged Field Care and the HITMAN and…
Success for Donna
We’re exceedingly pleased to share the success of our Advanced Paramedic Donna in completing her Master of…
Zero Point Survey
Have you heard of the Zero Point Survey or ZPS? The Zero Point Survey has been proposed…
Traumatic Cardiac Arrest
Traumatic cardiac arrest (TCA) is infrequent in pre-hospital care and can have diverse causes making it challenging…
As Winter Approaches…
With winter on the horizon, it’s important to make sure your vehicle is adequately prepared for the…
PICT Doctor Teaching in Malta
One of our PICT doctors was recently out in Malta teaching medics from across Europe including Ukrainian…
Prolonged Field Care – Further Reading (Listening)
If our recent posts about Prolonged Casualty Care got you interested; Check out the Prolonged Field Care…
Fascia Iliaca Nerve Block
Fascia Iliaca blocks have been proven to provide pain relief and reduce the need for opiate analgesia,…
Nursing Care and… SHEEP VOMIT?
The acronym SHEEP VOMIT is a helpful reminder for the various elements of PFC in nursing care…
Prolonged Casualty Care (and a HITMAN)
Prolonged Field Care (PFC) is a concept developed by the military, specifically special forces, for situations where…
Rural and remote prehospital trauma systems
A recent systematic review by researchers in Canada looked at the development and structure of rural prehospital…
Oxford Handbook of Expedition and Wilderness Medicine
The third edition of the Oxford Handbook of Expedition and Wilderness Medicine is released today, and features…
International Challenges of Rural Prehospital Care
We find great inspiration in the common challenges faced by rural prehospital care providers across the world.…
Tourniquet Conversion
While many prehospital and emergency clinicians are training in the application of tourniquets, not all are trained…
Northern Lights
The Highland PICT team is privileged to serve the population of a beautiful part of the United…
PICT Doctor Teaches in Norway
Last month one of our PICT doctors flew to Norway to teach civilian and military medics the…
Where do we respond…?
The PICT Team respond to 999 calls across the Highlands
Pictish PICT
The PICT team exploring Pictish stones
Core Capabilities
The team provide a wide range skills and interventions including offering remote telemedicine advice to ambulance crews,…
Interagency Training – Vehicle Extrication
The Highland PICT Team recently undertook interagency training with Scottish Fire and Rescue. This highlighted the importance…
Doctors’ Orders
One of our PICT Prehospital Physicians was interviewed for the Sunday Post. Doctors are good at prescribing…
Posters Galore
PICT endeavour to contribute to the growing evidence base to support enhanced prehospital care, especially in a…
Scotland the Beautiful
We are fortunate enough to provide enhanced care across the beautiful Scottish Highlands. Can you tell where…
Ultrasound Training
Team members recently attended the College of Remote and Offshore Medicine’s (CoROM) innovative ultrasound course, hosted at…
Motorbike Injuries and Transport to Hospital
Assessing the Impact of Transport Modality on Prehospital Times for Victims of Motorcycle Road Traffic Collisions in…
Highland Heroes Award
In March 2022 the team were very honoured to have been awarded the Highland Heroes award for…
Riverside Patient
We were recently called to a patient who needed our assistance at the riverside. while a slightly…
PoCUS Focus for one Highland Patient
Its always great to here from our prehospital patients. Here Marion tells her story about how ultrasound…
RNLI / PICT Training
Training evening with RNLI Kessock crew members and SAS colleagues. Fantastic to meet face to face, appreciate…
NHS Highland Website
We now also have a website hosted by NHS Highland. Which can be viewed HERE.
PICT Team Stakeholder Report 2022
NHS Highland, the Scottish Ambulance Service, the Scottish Government’s flagship managed clinical networks NOSTN/STN, BASICS Scotland and…
PICT Team Stakeholder Report 2021
PICT team clinicians are receiving an unprecedented number of questions regarding their role, as they complete the…
PICT team role descriptor in NHSH Major Incident Plan April 2021
“Pre-hospital Immediate Care & Trauma Scheme (PICT) has developed in recent years and is a multi-disciplinary and…
PICT info for clinicians
The PICT Team offer a number of enhanced interventions: Regional Anaesthesia / Nerve Blocks Enhanced Analgesia (ketamine,…
BASICS Map of PICT coverage
Check out our latest posts HERE
PICT Patient Geographical Distribution
September 2017 – September 2018
Job Opportunity – Advanced Practitioner
Fantastic SAS opportinity working with NHS Highland PICT as an Advanced Practitioner. https://www.myjobscotland.gov.uk/emergency-services/scottish-ambulance-service/jobs/advanced-practitioner-rural-pre-hospital-care-153725?from=org
Website Update
We are currently in the process of updating our website to bring you the most up to…
PICT Response Team
A further small step forward in building capacity and capability for pre-hospital patients in the north of Scotland…
Trial of Trauma Desk prompting PICT responder activation
The Scottish Ambulance Service Trauma Desk has performed for the past few years the specialist role of searching…
Multi-agency Major Incident exercise Invergordon – 31st July 2017
Many thanks to our colleagues in SAS and FRS for the invitation and hosting of a fantastic…
PICT final report and Business Case presented to NHSH Senior Management Team
On the 23rd of March 2017 the 12 months of data from the Pre-hospital Immediate Care and…
Clinical Governance Day – Dingwall – 18th Feb 2017
Many thanks to Dr Iain Craighead, Dr James Hayward and their team for hosting a fantastic day…
Exercise Meteor
Exercise Meteor tested and refined the prehospital response to a Major Incident
Clinical Governance day- 24.Sept.2016
Our First Ever Clinical Governance day: A massive thanks to everyone at the HM Coastguard Bristows Search and…
PICT News; June.
This month in numbers: Tasking to scenes: OHCA= out of hospital cardiac arrest. RTC= Road traffic collision.…
PICT NEWS, Apr & May.
The NHS Highland (NHSH) Prehospital Immediate Care & Trauma pilot (PICT) is a scheme to co-ordinate and…
Highland PICT is now LIVE
As of the 23.04.16, the Highland PICT pilot has gone live. The first wave of BASICS trained…
New shiny logo
Thanks very much to the kind efforts of Domhnall Smith for giving up his time to make us…
Highland PICT getting ready to go live
Highland PICT an exciting new prehospital pilot in the Highlands, is getting ready to go live. Our…
PICT pilot induction
The location for the first iteration of induction to our pilot will be at the Coastguard/Bristow Search and…
Highland PICT 