Mercia Accident Rescue Service

Mercia Accident Rescue Service (or MARS) is a BASICS affiliated charity operation based on providing a fast-response, advanced medical team to back up the emergency services of the English counties of Herefordshire and Worcestershire. The charity aims to provide an organisational framework within which practitioners can be properly trained and equipped to provide prehospital care, its work is supported by local fundraisinghttps://www.herefordtimes.com/news/10642134.mercia-accident-rescue-service-mars-raising-money-for-ultrasound-machine-to-be-used-at-accident-scenes-across-herefordshire/. MARS is staffed by a team of 11 doctors and two advanced clinical practitioners.[1]

Mercia Accident Rescue Service
AbbreviationMARS
Formation17 July 1984
Legal statusActive
PurposeThe provision of immediate medical treatment to any person in need of such care, when requested to do so by a member of the emergency services
HeadquartersHereford
Location
  • UK
Region served
Herefordshire and Worcestershire
Official language
English
Chair of Trustees
Mark Worthing
AffiliationsBritish Association of Immediate Care
Budget
£72,774
Staff
7
Volunteers
16
Websitewww.marsbasics.org.uk

MARS responders assist at serious incidents such as road traffic collisions,[2][3][4] industrial accidents, drownings,[5] assaults, and critically unwell medical patients.

Equipment Carried

The typical equipment carried by a MARS responder includes:

  • Basic, intermediate and advanced airway: OP, NP, iGel, COETT, Surgical cricothyroidotomy kits.
  • Ventilatory support with EtCO2 monitoring: BVM, pressure control, EtCO2, portable ventilator.
  • Circualtion control: IV access, EZ-IO
  • Control of bleeding: Torniquets and haemostatic agents such as Hemcon/Celox, nasal haemostats and dental blocks.
  • Surgical equipment to perform; thoracostomy, thoracotomy, amputation
  • Diagnostic equipment to measure: BP, EtCO2, SpO2, Blood sugar, point of care ultrasound machine[6]
  • A range of medications to provide sedation and analgesia

Notable Individuals
  • Prof Gavin Perkins - MBChB, MMEd, MD, FRCP, FFICM, FIMC RCSEd, FERC - Consultant in Critical Care Medicine
  • Assoc Prof Mr Richard Steyn[7] - MS, MRCGP, DRCOG, FRCSEd, FIMC RCSEd - Past chairman of BASICS
  • Dr Malcolm Russell[8][9] MBE,[10] MBChB, DCH, DRCOG, MRCGP, FIMC RCSEd, FRGS
  • Mr Andrew Thurgood - MSc, DipHS, RGN, FIMC RCSEd - First Consultant Nurse in prehospital emergency medicine in the UK

See also

References
  1. "Introduction - MARS". 15 June 2022.
  2. "Man in hospital with serious injuries after Hereford pileup". 29 December 2020.
  3. "Two killed in ambulance crash". 26 August 2019.
  4. "A49 closed: Man cut free as several cars and lorry crash".
  5. "Firefighters rescue man from River Wye in Hereford".
  6. "Health, Marcus Billig finishes Bolton's Ironman challenge for the team from MARS to purchase ultrasound machine for Herefordshire".
  7. "Phem Ess".
  8. "Saving lives that's the man from MARS".
  9. https://www.prometheusalphamed.com/courses/uk-hems-course/instructors
  10. "Hereford doctor awarded MBE for work with emergency services".
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