Operational Medicine Workshops
Workshop “Get acquainted with MIMMS”

Course director : Colonel Walter HENNY

Instructors :
Major General Robert KASULKE
Colonel Lewis NEACE

Wednesday 3 February 2010

Course coordinator
Lt.Col. (R) Filip Stragier, M.D.
in cooperation with the Queen Astrid Military Hospital - Brussels
and the Royal Belgian Medical Military Reserves Association (KNVMMR-ARNRMM)

A major incident can occur any time, anywhere. A large scale traffic accident, an explosion, flooding, release of HazMat.
Usually there are many casualties.

At first chaos will reign, and unless such a situation is handled expeditiously and effectively, the outcome can be dismal.

What is needed?

An approach in which everyone knows what to do and how to do it. Will that happen “naturally”, without preparation ?
Experience has shown over and over again that all relief personnel have to study and be trained beforehand.
In the United Kingdom a 2-day training course has been developed: “Major Incident Medical Management and Support” (MIMMS). Based on military principles (the author is a Colonel in the Royal Army Medical Corps), MIMMS gives a template for dealing with incidents in the civilian world. There also is a military application, e.g. during CIMIC operations, and at present the course is also being run at the NATO School in Oberammergau, Germany.

The 1-day course CIOMR is offering is not the full “MIMMS”; it gives a number of highlights, using the MIMMS template.
We hope that the participants will recognise the value of the MIMMS approach.

Course Programme

09.00 – 09.10 Registration
09.10 – 09.20 Introduction - Incidents in Context
09.20 – 09.45 Command Control Security
09.45 – 09.55 Communications
09.55 – 10.00 Break
10.00 – 10.45 Table Top 1
10.45 – 11.00 Coffee Break
11.00 – 11.30 Table Top 2
11.30 – 12.00 Practical Skills (Radio Procedure / Nineliner) (w/o com equipment)
12.00 – 13.15 Lunch
13.15 – 13.30 Assessment/Triage
13.30 – 14.45 Table Top
14.45 – 15.00 Treatment/Transport
15.00 – 15.15 Tea Break
15.15 – 15.45 Test on Triage Sieve
15.45 – 16.00 Course Debrief

Venue : Queen Astrid Military Hospital - Brussels
Attendance fee : 10,00 EUR
Registration : fstragier@ciomr.org
For more information: Col Walter Henny – whenny@ciomr.org