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PonderMed #21: Two pilots, one doctor… at the Grand Round

October 1, 2020 By Pondering EM Leave a Comment

PonderMed #21: Two pilots, one doctor… at the Grand Round

Captain Alexander Jolly and Captain Dave Fielding are commercial airline pilots. I met them through Project Wingman, a pandemic-induced collaboration between the UK aviation industry and the NHS.  For the last few months they (along with a few of their colleagues) have been helping us train. Specifically, they are debriefing and writing up human factors performances (overseen […]

PonderMed #20: Two pilots, one doctor

June 6, 2020 By Pondering EM Leave a Comment

PonderMed #20: Two pilots, one doctor

Captain Dave Fielding and Captain Alexander Jolly are commercial airline pilots. I met them through Project Wingman, a pandemic-induced collaboration between the UK aviation industry and the NHS. We met up over a coffee in the Whittington Hospital “First Class Lounge” and compared notes on our respective professions. In particular we discussed human factors and […]

PonderMed #19 Prof Graham Cooke: Antibody tests and “alert levels”

May 31, 2020 By Pondering EM Leave a Comment

PonderMed #19 Prof Graham Cooke: Antibody tests and “alert levels”

Graham Cooke is a Professor of Infectious Diseases at Imperial College London and member of the WHO Essential Medicines Committee. His research has focused on HIV, TB and viral hepatitis. He is currently working on multiple large scale COVID-19 research projects. This is the second of a two-parter with Graham (here is the first part). […]

PonderMed #18 Prof Graham Cooke: Fast research and COVID-19

May 26, 2020 By Pondering EM Leave a Comment

PonderMed #18 Prof Graham Cooke: Fast research and COVID-19

Professor Graham Cooke is a Professor of Infectious Diseases at Imperial College London. His research has focused on HIV, TB and viral hepatitis. He was chief investigator on the STOPHCV-1 trial and currently has clinical studies running in the UK and Vietnam. He has also been active in promoting access to medicines and is a […]

PonderMed #17 Lt. Col. Dave Grossman: A Warrior’s Toolbox

May 17, 2020 By Pondering EM Leave a Comment

PonderMed #17 Lt. Col. Dave Grossman: A Warrior’s Toolbox

This is the first of two pods I’ve recorded with Lt. Col. Dave Grossman – a former US Army Ranger, paratrooper, and Psychology Professor. He is the author of On Combat: The Psychology and Physiology of Deadly Conflict in War and in Peace; a book that describes coping strategies for the physiological and psychological effects of violence for people […]

PonderMed #16 Simon Fleming: Was NHS Nightingale a white elephant?

May 12, 2020 By Pondering EM Leave a Comment

PonderMed #16 Simon Fleming: Was NHS Nightingale a white elephant?

This is the second of a two-parter (part 1 here) I’ve recorded with Simon Fleming (@OrthopodReg) where we take a deep dive into his work at the recently “hibernated” London Nightingale Hospital. In this one we chat about what might have been done better. Simon is an orthopaedic registrar, #MedEd PhD, and man behind the #HammerItOut campaign (which you can […]

PonderMed #15 Simon Fleming: The Nightingale “culture”

May 8, 2020 By Pondering EM Leave a Comment

PonderMed #15 Simon Fleming: The Nightingale “culture”

This is the first of two pods I’ve recorded with Simon Fleming (@OrthopodReg). We take a deep dive into his work at the recently “hibernated” London Nightingale Hospital. In this first instalment we discuss his role as a faculty member/strategist at the Nightingale, and the process of building the right “culture”. Simon is an orthopaedic […]

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Reflecting on two months as a Sydney HEMS registrar

*Originally posted on the Sydney HEMS blog Uniform fitted. Induction complete. 10-mission milestone reached. It has been a learning frenzy. I’m a UK-trained emergency physician, and am two months into my year as a Sydney HEMS registrar. Some of my early reflections on the experience have had time to crystallise into bloggable form… I’m one […]

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