News
06/07/10 - Ready to Respond Event
Members of the team have taken part in the ready to respond event at Worcestershire County Hall. The crew were there as part of the vent organised by Worcestershire CVEC. Members of the category 1 & 2 responders were there to view the capabilities of the volunteer sector and to see the levels of equipment and training that the various teams could boast.
ATBRU were there with 3 of their specialist ambulance response bikes. Team members worked in partnership with St John Ambulance and British Red Cross in a mock scenario. Medic Zoe Jeynes, and support rider Jane Bradley-Jones demonstrated their skills while dealing with a casualty with a serious head and neck injury.
The team received a lot of interest from the delegates. Most seemed amazed at the equipment that the team carry on the bikes. The feedback was excellent and the event has helped raise ATBRU's profile in the emergency response world.
A big thank you goes out to Jeremy Voaden (British Red Cross), Mike Warner (WCC) and Andrew Lewis (BRC) for their efforts in organising a fantastic event.
Below you can see some of the media coverage raised by the event.
Worcester Evening News
Worcester Standard
Team Presents Mark Beaumont with an ATBRU Hoodie
Members of the team met Mark Beaumont, the team patron, for the first time. Mark was giving a talk about his round the world cycle record and his recent north to south america challenge. Mark has been promoting his book and tv series by giving talks to packed theatres around the country. Mark's talk was well received by the Malvern audience, with Mark talking about his experiences beyond the tv series and his book. The team enjoyed time before the talk and after with Mark, who was everything and more, that they thought Mark would be.
Mark is presented with his ATBRU hoodie.
The team were excited with their meeting with Mark.
A big welcome to our newest team member: Nina - Trainee Search Dog
Nina showed impressive form on her first outing by locating 2 out 4 clues during the search. She may be small but she is fast, a good scenting dog, and can get into those hard to reach places. Small and mighty is the ebst way to describe her. Now she has earned her first stripes she can be issued with her coveted orange coat! Welcome aboard Nina, and good job to her handler Jane!
Mark Beaumont - Round the World Cyclist signs up as ATBRU Patron
Mark Beaumont, an adventurer from an early age, is the current world record holder of the fastest circumnavigation of the world by bicycle – 18,296 miles in 194 days 17 hours, beating the previous record by an astonishing 81 days. Mark is also famous for several documentries recording Mark's immense achievements. He is also famous for appearing in the recent Orange TV commercials.
Mark shortly after completing his round the world trip.
Mark is a great supporter of all things cycling. He recently undertook several training sessions with Scottish Urban and Semi-rural search teams and he said "I have a healthy respect for what the rescue services do".
Mark will be appearing at Malvern Festival Theatres on 22nd April when he will be talking about his epic ride around the world and his more recent trip down the American Continent, which is due to air on BBC TV shortly.
ATBRU are proud to welcome Mark on board as Patron and we look forward to a long and fruitful relationship. Leigh Robinson, Team Leader, has said "I am deeply honoured that such a hero of mine is happy to support us. What Mark has done in recent years has really put the use of bikes on the world map. Mark's passion and determination serves as a lesson to us all. I hope that the team can go some way to demonstrating the same drive and determination in moving the use of bikes in search and rescue forward."
10th March 2010
ATBRU run their first community training programme.
Youngsters from a training programme run from the Malvern Hills Foyer got their very first taste of emergency medicine today. The one day course was run for 16 - 19 year olds who are attending the Foyer as part of the GenR8 training programme.
The youngster learned the skills of basic life support and the use of automated external defibrillators. All the youngsters passed the course and were pleased that they felt they had the skills to help others in times of need.
Leigh Robinson, Team Leader, said "These guys really got a lot from the programme. ATBRU is committed to working with groups like this to give everyone the skills and knowledge to help save lives. We are happy to hear from any community groups or charitable causes who would like free first aid training."
Mike Parry showing his skills on the AED.
Old News
18th February 2010
Things have moved forward again this week with Leigh attending AED trainers course in Cardiff. This means that apart from Medical Gases, ATBRU is now able to train themsleves medically, and with a little help from axiom training we will be assessing as well. This is also good news for community groups and other charities as part of our remit is to offer free and low cost training to others.
17th February 2010
Leigh is interviewed by the Worcester Evening News regarding the team. This is the first of 2 pieces the next will be a full photo feature coming soon! It is important for us to spread awareness of who we are and what we do! Remember folks keep spreading the word!!!
12th February 2010
Talks have just begun to organise a new station. The station will be in the Malvern hills area so we can respond much quicker to hills based events.
New member(s):
On behalf of the team I would like to formally welcome Zoe Jeynes from Worcester into the fold. Zoe is a trainee nurse and will be on board and training as a cycle medic! Hope your feeling fit Zoe!!!
21 January 2010
The team have signed up to work with Malvern Hills Conservators. They will be accessing Conservators land for training purposes. We will also be working towards establishing medical response teams on the Malverns during peak times and on call out of hours.
5th February 2010
The team have signed up to Shropshires Civil Contingency contact list. This means that we are on call to respond to emergency situations that involve high levels of man power. We are also about to take our place on the West Mercia Local Resiliance Forum, and several other committees.
Updates:
Additionally training is being set up for the team members who want to expand their medical skills beyond the team training sessions. This means higher skilled operatives out in the field providing higher levels of medical coverage for the local community!