MERT News
Volunteer CPR Responders
Loch Ness Marathon
This weekend saw a deployment of volunteers in support of the Loch Ness marathon & Festival of Running. The team, our largest ever deployed, included control room operators, first aiders, cycle responders and clinical and admin support. The team worked at points along the route and at our Event treatment centre pictured above!
The Gathering
Training spaces currently available
We currently have several spaces available for the First aid at Work (& Cat. Haemorrhage) available to members of the public. This training is being held in Inverness with face to face training on the 24th & 25th July.
Please contact us here for more information.
Volunteering opportunity - Experienced First Aiders
We’re now registered.
Our latest news!! Medical & Emergency Response Team (MERT Highland) is now a charity registered with OSCR (the Scottish Charities Regulator).
Our team continues to be volunteer led, providing high quality services within our communities across northern Scotland.
A Return for the Event First Aid Volunteers
MERT & SSE
Our team can provide support relating to:
- Communications
- Logistics
- Welfare Support
- Assistance Centres
- First Aid
Return to Team Development Training
Today saw a return to training for our volunteers in order to prepare them for events whilst coronavirus remains a significant risk. This included new policies and procedures now in place to facilitate treatment where coronavirus is a potential risk.
Free Small Event Support
Our team are introducing free small event support for local events which meet certain criteria.
This will help us to support local events and the communities that attend them.
For more information click here.
New Website
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We will shortly be opening our new website.
If you need us in the meantime please email us using the contact us page.