Marshals training day Bedford

On the basis that the best way to conquer fear is to face it I gulped when nominated as Race Control for the training incident which concludes training. I really enjoyed it as handling the radio is much more natural when things are going on and you don't think about how to use it. We had some signal drop outs and blustery sound so it was all quite realistic. We all worked as a team with Race Control and Airmed indoors unsighted from the incident which was a rider off at The Gooseneck. RC had to coordinate with the Deputy Sector Marshal on scene and Airmed, who were sitting opposite me! , to establish number of casualties, nature of injuries and evacuation whilst gathering information on clearance of debris and status of flag use. It was all very realistic with the on scene team treating the broken leg of the sole casualty, strapping him onto the stretcher and between us all getting him on his way by helicopter to Nobles in 10 minutes plus clearing the incident site. The trainers seemed well pleased and we were all relieved that it all went without any reported major blunders. Great fun and an excellent exercise plus we all passed the course!