K2 International EOC "About Us" Video
ABOUT US
OUR STORY.
K2 international was formed in January 2024 by Michael and Gemma Kidd, two Specialist Paramedics who met each other in September 2013 on their BSc paramedic practitioner programme. Since then, they have deployed to numerous countries around the world offering paramedic education, operations and consultancy together to clients such as BP, Shell, S3 seismic, Norwegian Peoples Aid, Save The Children, several embassies/ambassadors and more.
Our aim at K2I is to bring real world frontline Health Care Professional experience to the classroom, on operations and to our consultancy services.
our environmental impact
As we specialise in pre-hospital emergency care, particularly unsupported care in the most remote and austere regions of the globe, we beleive we have a responsibility to reduce our businesses impact on these environments that we operate in. As such we have implemented a few measures to ensure we are undertaking a sustainable and eco-friendly approach to our operations. From using energy from suppliers who use only 100% renewable energy generation sources to planting a tree for every product and course sold via our website we at K2I are doing everything we can to reduce our impact on the planet.
what we do.
Here at K2I we specialise in challenging environment medical Education, Operations and Consultancy with a particular focus on high-fidelity and hyper-realistic scenario based education and training. With access to a network of instructors and operatives from a range of personal and professional backgrounds, you can be assured that our services are being offered from a point of expertise which can only be informed with real life experience.
Our instructors and operatives have decades of shared experience operating in countries such as Kuwait, Iraq, Afghanistan, Bosnia, Ukraine, Uganda, South Africa, South Sudan, Mexico, Albania, Jordan, the Netherlands, Germany and many more.
Our Team
MICHAEL KIDD, CO-DIRECTOR
Michael is a Paramedic Practitioner and has been working on NHS 999 frontline Dual Crewed Ambulances since January 2014 and Rapid Response Vehicles as a solo responder since 2017. Michael also has a clinical work portfolio which includes GP surgeries, OOH GP clinics, event work, aeromedical transport and retrieval as well as remote, austere and hostile environment experience and is a medical student at Ulster University with aspirations of becoming an Emergency Doctor. In addition to his medical credentials, Michael is also a qualified Teacher, Internal Quality Assurance Assessor and a Vocational Achievement Assessor. As such, Michael has operational and educational experience in the UK, Ireland, Albania, South Sudan, Uganda, South Africa, Jordan, Iraq, Egypt, Mexico, Germany, The Netherlands and the Channel Islands.
GEMMA KIDD, CO-DIRECTOR
Gemma is also a Paramedic Practitioner with experience in both NHS 999 DCAs and RRVs since 2013 as well as experience in other clinical settings such as custody suites and at events such as motocross, boxing, concerts and festivals. Gemma became a qualified trainer in 2023 and joined Michael in forming K2 International and our Randalstown Based training centre. Gemma also lived in a remote region of the French Alps for 8 years making her more than experienced enough in operating in remote austere environments.
