Masterclass: The Science of Safety, with Dr Matt Wilkes

In July 2023, Dr Matt Wilkes presented a riveting, highly educational Cross Country Masterclass to Cross Country members live on Zoom.
In this 75 minute presentation Matt gives fascinating insights into what can help us all fly safer. He offers up some quick wins we can all adopt to prevent accidents, insights into successful reserve deployments, and bullet points some up-to-date first aid techniques to assist a pilot in need.
Matt is an eloquent and persuasive speaker, and combines huge personal experience as an extreme environment medic with involvement in a number of acclaimed research projects, focussing on paragliding and safety.
We’re releasing this for free as it is of such value to our community. It’s probably worth watching twice or more.
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[@venivanov1191]

Thank you for the information !

[@riptonik]

Thank you Matt for this really valuable class! We have to accept in our flying world that we can all be involved in an accident one day, and this class puts you in a position to know what to do, either as a victim or as a rescuer.

[@mylesconnolly2470]

Outstanding! Thank you Cross Country Mag and Dr. Wilkes.

[@rik_2099]

A very helpful video, thank you. Could you please add a link to the emergency card template? If there any particular recommendations for a first aid kit that we can carry in our harnesses that would also be very helpful.

[@BenBowler]

Yes I couldn’t find that template while googling. I’m interested in getting a few printed.

[@basharrony8453]

Wow😮

[@NelsonsWings]

I fly with the 1st aid kit you developed, bought it from Jockey Sanderson. Used it once when I broke my wrist on a botched launch.

[@Adam-fr8ly]

Very useful and insightful.

[@pope_skymaster]

Great masterclass, many thanks

[@pope_skymaster]

Where can I find the accidents stats figures?