13/08/2026
Yesterday, Dublin & Wicklow Mountain Rescue Team had the pleasure of facilitating a day of inter-agency training with 22 Advanced Paramedic students from the National Ambulance Service, alongside the crew of Irish Coast Guard Rescue 116.
Throughout the day, the students were challenged with a range of medical and trauma scenarios in the mountain environment, giving them an opportunity to experience some of the additional considerations involved when treating and managing a casualty in difficult terrain.
Just as importantly, it gave all three agencies the chance to learn from one another, share experience and gain a better understanding of how each of us operates when we arrive together at an incident.
Days like this are invaluable — not only for developing skills, but for continuing to strengthen the working relationships that make such a difference when we're called out for real.
A fantastic day of shared learning between DWMRT, the National Ambulance Service and Rescue 116 — with an honourable mention to The GAP for providing us with an excellent training ground for the day!
We look forward to seeing many of these paramedics out on the ground responding alongside us in the not-too-distant future.
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