Ken Easton

Kenneth Charles Easton FRCGP OBE OStJ (1924–8 February 2001) was doctor who worked as a General Practitioner in Catterick. He is known for his work in organising immediate care schemes, increasing the provision of specialist medical help at the scene of accidents.

Education

Group photo of London Medical students who went to Belsen

Easton studied at the Westminster Hospital Medical School.[1]: 868  While studying medicine there in 1945, heassisted at Bergen-Belsen concentration camp as a voluntary medical student. His career later was focussed around the development of prehospital care and emergency medicine.[2][3][4]

Career

In 1967, Easton set up a Road Accident After Care Scheme (RAACS) in North Riding, Yorkshire.[1] He published some recommendations.[5] This was an important innovation that helped provide a model for immediate care schemes that emerged in the United Kingdom.[6] He was a key figure in establishing the British Association of Immediate Care Schemes in June 1977.[7] He was the first chairman of the organisation.[6]

Personal life

On 8 February 2001, Easton died.[1]

Awards and honours

Easton was made a member of the Order of Saint John in June 1970.[8]

In 1972, the President of the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) presented him with a Foundation Council award, which is given for special meritorious work in connection with the College.[9]

In the 1974 New Year Honours, he was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE).

References

1. Cameron, C. (7 April 2001). "Obituaries: Kenneth Charles Easton". British Medical Journal. 322 (7290): 867–868. doi:10.1136/bmj.322.7290.867. PMC 1120034.
2. Aichroth, Paul (2019). History of Westminster Hospital; Tercentenary 1719-2019. Alumnus of Westminster Medical School, University of London and Imperial College (PDF). Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.
3. Cameron, Chris (7 April 2001). "Kenneth Charles Easton". British Medical Journal. 322 (7290): 867. doi:10.1136/bmj.322.7290.867. ISSN 0959-8138. PMC 1120034.
4. "Easton". www.bergenbelsen.co.uk. Retrieved 24 September 2019.
5. Easton, K. C. (18 October 1969). "Road accidents and the family doctor. Medical organization". British Medical Journal. 4 (5676): 150–151. doi:10.1136/bmj.4.5676.150. PMC 1629943. PMID 5823068.
6. "Basics" (PDF). British Medical Journal. 2 (6142): 912. 30 September 1978. doi:10.1136/bmj.2.6142.912. PMC 1608035. PMID 709123.
7. "BASICS". The Journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners. 29 (200): 133–135. March 1979.
8. "The Grand Priory in the British Realm of the west venerable order of the hospital of St John of Jerusalem" (PDF). The London Gazette. 23 June 1970. p. 6954.
9. Easton, Kenneth (July 1972). "Foundation Council Award, 1972". The Journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners. 22 (120): 463–464. PMC 2156706.