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Mercia Accident Rescue Service

Field	Value
name	Mercia Accident Rescue Service
abbreviation	MARS
formation	17 July 1984
status	Active
purpose	The 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
headquarters	Hereford
location	UK
region_served	Herefordshire and Worcestershire
language	English
leader_title	Chair of Trustees
leader_name	Mark Worthing
affiliations	British Association of Immediate Care
num_staff	7
num_volunteers	16
budget	£72,774
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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 fundraising. MARS is staffed by a team of 11 doctors and two advanced clinical practitioners.

MARS responders assist at serious incidents such as road traffic collisions, industrial accidents, drownings, 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, endotracheal tubes, Surgical cricothyroidotomy kits.
Ventilatory support with ETCO2 monitoring: Bag-Valve-Mask, pressure control, portable ventilator.
Circulation control: IV access, EZ-IO (intraosseus access)
Control of bleeding: Torniquets and haemostatic agents, 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
A range of medications to provide sedation and analgesia

Notable Individuals

Prof Gavin Perkins - Consultant in Critical Care Medicine / Clinical Academic
Mr Richard Steyn - Past chairman of BASICS / Consultant Thoracic Surgeon / Honorary Associate Professor
Dr Malcolm Russell MBE
Mr Andrew Thurgood - First Consultant Nurse in prehospital emergency medicine in the UK

References

(2013-08-30). "Health, Marcus Billig finishes Bolton's Ironman challenge for the team from MARS to purchase ultrasound machine for Herefordshire".
(15 June 2022). "Introduction - MARS".
(29 December 2020). "Man in hospital with serious injuries after Hereford pileup".
(26 August 2019). "Two killed in ambulance crash".
(29 December 2020). "A49 closed: Man cut free as several cars and lorry crash".
(22 January 2021). "Firefighters rescue man from River Wye in Hereford".
(30 August 2013). "Health, Marcus Billig finishes Bolton's Ironman challenge for the team from MARS to purchase ultrasound machine for Herefordshire".
"Phem Ess".
(9 January 2006). "Saving lives that's the man from MARS".
"UK HEMS Course Instructors {{!}} Prometheus Alphamed".
(10 March 2014). "Hereford doctor awarded MBE for work with emergency services".

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