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Medicine in Motorsport App

Posted by Matthew Mac Partlin on Wednesday, October 21, 2015, In : Notifications 
The FIA publication, "Medicine in Motorsport", was published in January 2011. It was intended as a primer for all things that related to providing medical care at (FIA-sanctioned) motorsport events; from how the various roles and organisations fit togther to explanations of race car safety structures to resuscitation topics, all in the context of a motorsport environment. Edited by Dr Gary Hartstein, it was released in digital format through Amazon and could be read on Kindle devices or as a ...

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A medical publication from the FIA Institute (and a survey)

Posted by Matthew Mac Partlin on Friday, September 4, 2015, In : Notifications 
It's been an interesting and busy few months and I'll get into all that has been happening in due course. But let's start off with this.

The FIA (Federation International d'Automobile), like any organisation that sets itself up as the prime authority in a given field, cops a fair bit of criticism for many things. That said, within and around the organisation there are plenty of smart, progressive individuals. (I say "around" because not everyone who works with the FIA is necessarily an FIA em...

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Motorsport Safety Reseach Scholarship

Posted by Matthew Mac Partlin on Thursday, April 23, 2015, In : Notifications 


Well, this is a bit new. If you are a doctor or engineer in training, are thinking about how to combine this with your interest in motorsport and you have somewhere between nine and eighteen months spare to fill with something a bit different, the FIA are offering a scholarship that you might want to think about.

Here's the deal. The FIA are looking to churn through their existing research and maybe get a few new projects going. So they are offering a scholarship position with the newly establ...

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Rollcage Medic launches the Motorsport Medicine & Rescue Google community

Posted by Matthew Mac Partlin on Sunday, January 19, 2014, In : Notifications 
Medical education, as with everything, is evolving and the progress of the online medical resources has been remarkable. Starting out as a hodge-podge of niche newsgroups and individual blogs, the FOAMed community has galvanised itself into a broad range of blog sites, content communities, journal clubs, podcasts and even conferences (think SMACC and Bedside Critical Care). Individuals and groups are finding ways to shape Web 2.0 resources to the benefit of promulgating medical education in n...
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The Rollcage Medic site gets an overhaul

Posted by Matthew Mac Partlin on Sunday, January 19, 2014, In : Notifications 
The Rollcage Medic site has been in and out of the pit lane in something over 3.2 seconds and had a complete redesign to clean it up and streamline it. It's been a lot of hard work and I hope it will prove to be worth the effort.



The navigation should be quicker and the url at the top of the page should be more consistent. You'll notice the older blog posts have two sets of dates as a result of the reconfiguration; the older date is the original post date and the newer one is the date on whic...
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Gareth Roberts

Posted by Matthew Mac Partlin on Saturday, January 18, 2014, In : Notifications 
Posted by Matthew Mac Partlin on Sunday, June 17, 2012

Motor sports has lost another rising talent. This weekend past the IRC ran the Targa Florio in Sicily. On SS8, Craig Breen and co-driver Gareth Roberts crash and Roberts was killed. Fortunately Breen escaped unharmed. It looks like an accident not too dissimilar to the type in which Robert Kubica sustained a hand injury that put him out of the 2011 F1GP season, but the full details have not been released. There is media available, but its ...
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New name for the ASMMR

Posted by Matthew Mac Partlin on Saturday, January 18, 2014, In : Notifications 
Posted by Matthew Mac Partlin on Monday, March 19, 2012

The Australian Society for Motorsport Medicine and Rescue was set up in an attempt to bring together physicians, paramedics and rescue specialists who take their skills to motorsport events. The aim was and still is to share medical and motorsport information and experience amongst all practitioners, newcomers and established.

However, while the title was created somewhat tongue-in-cheek, it is probably a little austere and doesn't exactly...
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FIA requests formal tender for promotion of the WRC

Posted by Matthew Mac Partlin on Saturday, January 18, 2014, In : Notifications 
Posted by Matthew Mac Partlin on Thursday, February 9, 2012

Most people with an interest in motor sports, especially rally, will be aware that the WRC lost its promoter when North One Sport had its contract terminated by the FIA at the end of last year. This occurred after North One Sport's parent company,  Convers Sports Initiatives, went into receivership. (Slight problem with alleged fraud by two of its directors.) Eurosport is currently filling the breach, but this is a temporary arrangem...
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Michelle Mouton gets Knighted

Posted by Matthew Mac Partlin on Saturday, January 18, 2014, In : Notifications 
Posted by Matthew Mac Partlin on Saturday, January 7, 2012

Former WRC driver, Michelle Mouton, received the Chevalier of the Legion of Honor from France's president Nicolas Sarkozy just prior to Christmas, for her services to motorsports. She was the last woman to compete in the WRC, having followed a very successful career.

Starting as a co-driver, she switched to the driver's seat of a Renault Alpine A110. She competed most famously behind the wheel of the awesome Audi Quattro and , having ...
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Professor Sid Watkins retires from FIA Institute

Posted by Matthew Mac Partlin on Thursday, January 16, 2014, In : Notifications 
Posted by Matthew Mac Partlin on Tuesday, December 13, 2011

At the age of 83 and after 50 years of work with motor sports, Professor Sid Watkins has retired from his position as President of the FIA Institute, which was established in October 2004. He has been succeeded by Prof Gerard Saillant, the former Deputy President. Prof Saillant is, in turn, succeeded as Deputy President by Mr Gary Connelly, previously an executive committee member.


To mark Prof Watkins’ massive contributions to motor...
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WRC and F1 GP 2012 calendars released

Posted by Matthew Mac Partlin on Thursday, January 16, 2014, In : Notifications 
Posted by Matthew Mac Partlin on Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Both the WRC and F1 GP have confirmed their calendars for the 2012 season.

The WRC calendar will start with the classic Monte Carlo stage and, for the first time since 2005, will finish in Spain instead of Wales (Rally GB will be held in September). It is a very Eurocentric schedule, with only 3 of the 13 events being held outside of Europe - Mexico, Argentina and New Zealand.



The F1 GP calendar is similar to the 2011 season. Melbourne ...
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V8SCs go to the US

Posted by Matthew Mac Partlin on Thursday, January 16, 2014, In : Notifications 
Posted by Matthew Mac Partlin on Wednesday, July 6, 2011

The V8 Supercars and Circuit of the Americas have agreed to a deal that brings the V8s to Austin Texas for 5 years from 2013. You can read the full details at http://tinyurl.com/6bjg4h8
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The ASMMR site goes live!

Posted by Matthew Mac Partlin on Thursday, January 16, 2014, In : Notifications 
Posted by Matthew Mac Partlin on Wednesday, June 22, 2011

Hi everyone out there in motor sports land. The Australian Society for Motorsports Medicine and Rescue site is out and about for all the world to see. If you are involved in providing medical or rescue services to motor sports events in Australia, or elsewhere in the world, come and have a poke about - Hopefully you'll find something of use to you on this site.

Good luck!
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