Australian Army Veteran and Medic, Nurse, Midwife Emma

Care Under Fire

Health EN ↓ 28 episodes

Hosted by an Australian Army Veteran, Care Under Fire Podcast tells the stories of inspiring individuals who have provided good medicine in bad places. In this series, Em speaks with health professionals who have served in war, humanitarian, disaster relief and austere environments both domestically and abroad. By telling the stories of these individuals the series hopes to begin to document the evolution of modern medicine, inspire clinicians to push their practice to the next level and increase the general public’s knowledge of what it is we do. careunderfirepodcast@gmail.com

Author

Australian Army Veteran and Medic, Nurse, Midwife Emma

Episodes

Tash Ford Veteran and Intensive Care Paramedic 05.06.2023 1:15:52

In this episode of Care Under Fire I chat with Tash Ford, a Registered Nurse, Intensive Care Paramedic and Australian Army veteran. Tash’s incredible career has included tours of East Timor with the Australian Military Hospital Dilli and Afghanistan with the Special Operations Task Group. We chat about holistic care and the effect of burnout on frontline clinicians as she recalls the loss of her f...

Matt Pepper Special Operations Paramedic & the Lindt Cafe Siege 05.06.2023 1:20:55

On today’s episode of Care Under Fire I chat with Matt Pepper, a former Australian Army Officer and NSW Ambulance Intensive Care/Special Operations Paramedic. Matt was instrumental in establishing the Tactical Medical Operations capability in NSW Ambulance, was on the ground as a first responder to the Lindt Café Siege and currently works as the national training manager for TACMED Australia. Matt...

Carla and Amy Midwifery in Vanuatu 28.05.2023 1:09:04

In this episode I chat with Carla and Amy, Australian registered nurses and midwives who nine years ago decided to step out of their comfort zone and volunteer as midwives in a developing country. They have since made multiple trips to Vanuatu where they have overcome language barriers, learnt to work with limited resources in a different culture and marvelled at the strength and endurance of birt...