Course overview

The Prolonged Field Care Mountain Rescue Immersion Experience is a two-day practical training event designed to place medics and pre-hospital care providers into realistic mountain rescue and remote casualty care scenarios.

Set in Llanberis, Wales, this immersive experience gives participants the opportunity to learn essential mountain rescue skills and then apply them during challenging casualty management scenarios in harsh outdoor environments.

Unlike standard classroom or short scenario-based training, this experience is designed to test how casualty care changes when help is delayed, conditions are difficult, resources are limited and the patient needs to be managed over an extended period of time.

Participants will be involved in locating, treating, extricating and managing casualties, including caring for patients throughout the night.

Why attend?

Providing medical care in remote and mountain environments is very different from delivering care in controlled or easily accessible settings.

Casualties may be cold, wet, injured, inaccessible, difficult to move and require care for many hours before definitive help is available. Teams must manage clinical priorities, environmental exposure, fatigue, communication, equipment limitations and difficult terrain while maintaining patient safety.

This immersion experience is designed to give participants realistic exposure to these challenges in a safe, structured and professionally supported environment.

It is ideal for those who want to move beyond short training scenarios and experience the physical, clinical and human factors involved in prolonged field care and mountain rescue.

What to expect

Over the two days, participants will learn and practise key mountain rescue and remote casualty care skills before putting them into practice during realistic scenarios.

You should expect to be outside, active and involved in challenging casualty management situations. The experience will include live casualty scenarios, realistic injury simulation and prolonged patient care problems that continue beyond the usual short training window.

Participants will be required to manage casualties in harsh environments, support extrication and continue care through the night.

Scenarios may include:

• Remote casualty assessment

• Mountain rescue skills

• Casualty packaging and protection from the environment

• Prolonged field care decision-making

• Working with limited equipment and resources

• Managing deterioration over time

• Casualty movement and extrication

• Team communication in remote environments

• Managing fatigue, weather and difficult terrain

• Overnight casualty care

• Handover and continued care planning

Key learning outcomes

By the end of the experience, participants will have had the opportunity to:

• Experience realistic mountain rescue and prolonged field care scenarios

• Understand the challenges of managing casualties in harsh outdoor environments

• Practise casualty assessment, treatment and ongoing care over an extended period

• Develop confidence in casualty packaging, protection and extrication

• Improve decision-making when evacuation is delayed

• Understand the impact of weather, terrain, fatigue and limited resources

• Practise working as part of a team in remote and demanding conditions

• Provide care to casualties throughout the night

• Reflect on clinical performance, communication, leadership and human factors

Who should attend?

This experience is suitable for those who already have a foundation in first aid, trauma care, pre-hospital care or outdoor leadership and want to develop their confidence in remote casualty management.

It is particularly suited to:

• Medics

• Pre-hospital care providers

• Rescue personnel

• Mountain rescue trainees or aspirants

• Outdoor instructors and expedition leaders

• Event medical staff working in remote locations

• Search and rescue personnel

• Remote area first aiders

• Those preparing for austere, expedition, mountain or wilderness medical roles

Participants should be prepared for a practical, physical and immersive training experience.

What is included?

The Prolonged Field Care Mountain Rescue Immersion Experience includes:

• Two days of practical immersive training

• Mountain rescue skills training

• Prolonged field care scenarios

• Live casualties

• Realistic injury simulation

• Overnight casualty care

• Casualty extrication and movement scenarios

• Simple mountain hut accommodation

• Simple ration pack-style food available

• Instructor support and facilitated feedback

• Scenario-based learning in harsh environments

• PPE required

Accommodation and food

Accommodation is included in a simple mountain hut in Llanberis.

This is basic, practical accommodation designed to support the immersive nature of the experience. Participants should expect shared, simple facilities rather than hotel-style accommodation.

Simple ration pack-style food will be available during the event. Participants may wish to bring additional snacks or personal food items, especially if they have specific dietary requirements.

Overnight casualty care

A key part of this experience is managing casualties over an extended period, including through the night.

Participants will be expected to continue patient assessment, treatment, monitoring, documentation, communication and decision-making while dealing with fatigue, darkness, changing conditions and limited resources.

This is where prolonged field care becomes real.

What to bring

Participants will receive full joining instructions before the event, but should expect to bring suitable personal clothing and equipment for working outdoors in mountain conditions.

Recommended items include:

• Suitable outdoor clothing

• Waterproof jacket and trousers

• Warm layers

• Walking boots

• Head torch

• Gloves and hat

• Sleeping bag

• Personal medication

• Water bottle

• Snacks or additional food

• Notebook and pen

Any specialist requirements will be confirmed in the joining instructions.

Book your place

The Prolonged Field Care Mountain Rescue Immersion Experience is designed for those who want realistic exposure to remote casualty care, mountain rescue challenges and prolonged field care in harsh environments.

Spaces are limited due to the nature of the training, accommodation and scenario design.