British Association for Immediate Care
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| Full name | British Association for Immediate Care |
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| Founded | 1977 |
| Key people | James Hickman, Chairman Tony Kemp, Vice-Chairman |
| Office location | England, UK |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Website | BASICS |
The British Association for Immediate Care (BASICS) is a registered charity which aims to encourage and aid the formation and extension of Immediate Care Schemes and strengthen and develop co-operation between schemes providing Immediate Care and the statutory emergency services. The organisation relies on volunteer medical professionals and Allied Health Professionals to provide immediate healthcare assistance in support of the emergency services. It is based in Ipswich.
BASICS is an association of health care professionals, who undertake additional training as immediate care practitioners. The members provide their services in support of the statutory or voluntary ambulance services.
BASICS aims to be:
BASICS provide a member of the JRCALC members section to aid in the development of clinical guidelines for UK paramedics and EMTs.
BASICS members are used to provide extra skills at the scene of major incidents, or for particularly difficult patients. For this, individuals may be summoned on a case by case basis by the local ambulance control centre. Further support for the work of BASICS during major incidents came following the July 7th terrorist attacks on London, when the British Medical Association started a series of training courses (over 3 years) to be organised by BASICS.
They also work at private events, often alongside the voluntary ambulance services (Red Cross and St John Ambulance) or the statutory service. This means that BASICS members can be found at events such as:
BASICS assist the ambulance service trusts where a multi-agency response is required at a local level, or additional skills and qualification levels are required. An example of this multi-agency response would be seen at an 'industrial accident' where for example a worker has become trapped in machinery. The ambulance service would work alongside the fire service to co-ordinate the rescue. BASICS can supplement the skill set available at scene with a medical doctor, who can provide skills outside the remit of paramedics, such as different methods of providing analgesia and, if necessary, surgical procedures which might be needed to extricate the patient.
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