BDMLR Western Isles Diary

April 26th 2008

Marine Mammal Medics Training day Email for more details: hebrides@bdmlr.org.uk Telephone: 07979947664

Leverburgh Isle of Harris

 

The Marine Mammal Medic training is a one day course and will be run on a Saturday. You will need to be over 16 and have a dry suit or wet suit as quite a bit of time will be spent in the water - we do have a limited number of survival suits available but advise obtaining your own suit as you will need it to take part in rescues afterwards. The course comprises of lectures in the morning on basic cetacean and seal biology, species identification and first aid and assessment, followed by practical exercises in the afternoon when you will learn to use the cetacean rescue equipment and safe catching and handling of seal pups.

Youtube video link:
A TV report on BDMLR training - well worth the wait in download time.

 

Photograph of volunteers at a training session learning how to rescue stranded whales and dolphins using life-size inflatable sea mammals.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/pop_ups/08/uk_enl_1204638313/html/1.stm

 

A BBC news article about BDMLR training.

See the training section at http://www.bdmlr.co.uk/pages/main.html for details of other courses.

 

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