Lazarus Training provides specialist medical training to support organisations operating in the mine action, explosive ordnance disposal (EOD), humanitarian demining, and explosive hazard management sectors.
Our courses are designed to align with the medical competency and operational support principles described within:
- International Mine Action Standard (IMAS) 10.40 – Medical Support to Demining Operations
- IMAS Technical Note 10.40/01 – Medical Support
- Relevant National Mine Action Standards (NMAS)
- Organisational medical SOPs and evacuation plans
We recognise that IMAS itself is not an accreditation system, but a framework of internationally recognised good practice used by National Mine Action Authorities (NMAAs), UNMAS programmes and mine action organisations worldwide.
Our role is to help organisations develop and maintain medical capability that supports compliance with these operational requirements.
Operationally Focused Training
Mine action medical support presents unique challenges:
- remote operating locations
- delayed evacuation timelines
- blast and fragmentation injuries
- traumatic amputations
- environmental exposure
- complex communications and coordination
- prolonged casualty management prior to evacuation
Our training reflects these realities.
Courses are scenario-led, operationally realistic and built around practical decision-making under pressure. Training can be delivered for:
- deminers
- team medics
- first responders
- supervisors
- EOD operators
- NGO field teams
- security personnel
- support staff operating within hazardous environments
Medical Training Designed for High-Risk Environments
Training content may include:
- catastrophic haemorrhage control
- blast injury management
- trauma assessment
- airway and breathing management
- prolonged casualty care
- casualty extraction
- CASEVAC and MEDEVAC procedures
- casualty packaging and movement
- communications and incident reporting
- remote and austere environment medicine
- integration with organisational SOPs and evacuation plans
Courses can be tailored to:
- humanitarian mine action organisations
- commercial operators
- UN-supported programmes
- national authorities
- donor-funded projects
- security and stabilisation operations
Alignment with IMAS and NMAS Requirements
Lazarus Training does not claim formal approval or accreditation from IMAS or UNMAS.
Instead, our courses are designed to support organisations seeking to meet the medical competency and preparedness expectations described within IMAS 10.40 and associated national mine action standards.
Training packages can be mapped against client SOPs, NMAS requirements and operational medical plans where required.
International Experience
Lazarus Training has delivered medical and safety training internationally for personnel operating in high-risk and remote environments, including:
- conflict and post-conflict zones
- humanitarian deployments
- hostile environment operations
- remote infrastructure projects
- international NGO and media operations
Our instructors include personnel with operational military, medical and international field experience in austere and hazardous environments.
Flexible Delivery
Training can be delivered:
- at client locations worldwide
- at specialist training venues
- as closed-company courses
- integrated into wider operational readiness programmes
Courses can range from basic first responder capability through to advanced operational trauma management and team medic programmes.
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