How advances in simulation training save real lives
The brisk air betrays the onset of autumn. Recent rains add to the cold and in the early-morning darkness, visibility is virtually nil. About 15m below the edge of the Kingfisher hiking trail, a 19-year German tourist lies with his pelvis splintered, his body temperature plummeting and his level of consciousness slipping. The place where he has fallen is so narrow and difficult to access that there is only space for two people to be lowered into it: a rescue technician and an emergency care practitioner, Robert Westwood.
