Pre-Hospital Care Podcast

Tony Underwood is a former English Rugby Union professional who played as a winger for both country and at club level. He made his England debut in October 1992 against Canada, and went on to win a total of 27 English performances/caps. Having trained as an airline pilot, went on to fly for Easy jet, Virgin Atlantic and Emirates. In this conversation we talk about resilience, high performing...

In this conversation with Ben Watts we look at the sequential approach to arresting bleeding. We also examine the second/third generation haemostatic compounds (celox, quik-clot), pharmacological agents such as TXA, FFP, FDP, blood, cryoprecipitate. We also examine the utility of tourniquets (origins, usage and types), neck zones and wounds, Blunt injury and junctional wounds, Hypotensive manageme...

Mark Dempster is an addiction specialist working with patients with drug addiction, gambling addiction, sex addiction, alcohol addiction, internet addiction, and more. He is a counsellor dedicated to helping people regain control and turn their lives around.  In the conversation we look at some of the statistics around the health burden & impact on the individual and extended families, ho...

In this interview I interview Johannes von Vopelius-Feldt, Johannes is an emergency physician currently working in South West England. He has written and undertaken extensive research into the utility and demographics of critical care teams. He has also empirically examined the impact of critical care within certain patient presentations to examine the benefit that these teams can bring.  In...

In this session we interview Lucy Grimwade who works as an Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP) and Matron in an Emergency Department in Manchester. Lucy gives a fantastic perceptive on the current climate within the emergency department throughout the first and second spike of Covid-19. She gives an honest and insightful first hand recollection of her clinical and personal experiences around the...

In this episode I talk with Bram Connolly. Bram is former special forces operative with the Australian Special Forces with 20 years of experience on the frontline. Bram was was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal for leadership in the Australia Day awards 2012. Bram is the Managing Director and founder of Hindsight Leadership and Resilience. He is the author of "The Fighting Season" and "Off R...

In this episode we speak with Lloyd Evans a GP in Wales around his experiences of the second wave of the pandemic. We explore some of the fundamental issues that have led to a rise in demand and stress both within the general population and the frontline NHS staff. We explore some of the second and third order effects of the covid pandemic, together with the unintended positive aspects that it has...

In this mini-series I talk to Alec Wilding who is an Advanced Paramedic Practitioner (APP) on the frontline of the healthcare system within the UK. Alec gives me an honest and transparent perspective of life tackling the second wave of the covid pandemic and his thoughts on how it is impacting the mental and physical health of both the population and the staff. Alec gives an honest and insightful...

In this mini-series I talk to a cross section of individuals at the frontline of the healthcare system within the UK. In this episode I speak with friend and colleague Lucy Gough. Lucy is an Emergency Medical Dispatcher (EMD) within London. She gives me an honest and transparent perspective of life in the Emergency Control Room and her thoughts on the contemporary demand profile within the pandemi...

This has been a unique and challenging year for everyone. It has been a real privilege to have over a 100 conversations on various podcasts and platforms (PHCP, Restore and WEM). I have included this recording of the best of Restore as mental health has taken a central spotlight in this pandemic and has been an inescapable facet to manage for all of us as things have become difficult in work and p...

In this episode we explore the initiative of pre-hospital co-responding mental health nurses working alongside paramedics within London, UK. We look at the prevalence of mental health within the capital and how Anna and Dan have seen the initiative add benefit to pre-hospital assessment, management and the resultant access to healthcare.  We look at some of the current prevailing mental healt...

In this episode I chat to Jason Fox about his new book ‘Life Under Fire’  for those of you that aren’t familiar with Jason, he is a former Royal Marine Commando and Special Forces Sergeant. Joining at 16 and serving for 20 years; Jason passed the grueling selection process for the Special Forces in 2001, serving with the Special Boat Service till 2012. Jason has planned and led operations inc...

In this episode Julia Samuel and Caroline Phillips discuss grief and the process of bereavement. We discuss important skills for breaking bad news, bereavement by exposure and ways in which we can support our own resilience as healthcare professionals. Julia Samuel is a psychotherapist who has spent the last thirty years working with bereaved families. She has worked both in private practice and i...

This episode explores advanced neurological conditions with Palliative Nurse Consultant Diane Laverty. Diane has over 30 years experience in palliative care and spent time in her doctorate exploring informal carers needs when looking after those with progressive neurological conditions. Motor Neurone, Parkinson’s and Multiple Sclerosis conditions are discussed, common symptoms and potential exacer...

I just wanted to do a house keeping episode to let you know what to expect in this season. We are half way through the mini series on End of Life Care and had 'recognising the dying phase' with Dr Emma Hall and 'oncological emergencies' with Merel a cancer clincial nurse specialist.  We have two more instalments of EOLC and these are around advanced neurological disease with Diane Laverty and...

In end of life care we are mindful of respecting patient’s wishes, including those relating to conveyance to acute care settings. However there are some presentations, specifically in relation to cancer, which we need to be aware of and rapidly refer onto either acute or specialist colleagues. In this episode we explore these reversible oncological emergencies based on cases seen in Merel’s clinic...

In this episode Caroline Phillips hosts Dr Emma Hall, Palliative Care Consultant and discusses the signs of the final few days and hours of life. We discuss the challenges of recognising the dying phase, the importance of shared decision making and the positive aspects of shared learning between prehospital and palliative care professionals. This is part of a mini series on the Pre-hospital Care P...

In this episode we explore some of the fundamental the components what makes a good debrief. The concept of debrief effects everyone within pre-hospital care whether formal or informal. Involvement in a debrief exercise can help to make sense of events and offer the opportunity for learning that can be applied in the future. It’s power, in part, is that it takes place when the events are fresh in...

This is a wide ranging conversation on club drugs, illegal highs and Novel Psycho-active Substances (NPS) with Dr Owen Bowden Jones. Owen is a Consultant Psychiatrist with over 20 years' experience in general and substance misuse psychiatry in both the NHS and private practice. In 2010 he founded the Club Drug Clinic, offering treatment specifically for those using 'club' drugs such as cocaine, ke...

In this wide ranging conversation with Will Duffin - a passionate GP, educator, adventurer, innovator and polymath we define the current problem around depression and then examine different states of depression. We also look at why people get caught in the cycle of depression and current modalities of treatment for depression (chemical intervention, groups, social prescribing, referral pathways)....

In this wide ranging conversation with Critical Care Paramedic Ben Watts and ED Consultant Iain Edgar we look at an overview of the TVAA service in providing critical care to the community. We also look at how expedition and military domains that they both practice can be used within the pre-hospital critical care environment. Other aspects of the conversation includes: The patient target group an...

In this episode we explore conflict resolution with Ray Goodall. Ray is an accomplished ex-military senior officer who is skilled in developing cohesive teams and has a vast operational background. He is Internationally acclaimed War College Faculty and a military institute instructor. He is also a liaison and advisor to Presidents, Ambassadors and Generals in complex multinational combat environm...

Karim is a Professor of Trauma Sciences in the Blizzard Institute, Barts and the London School of Medicine & Dentistry, and Consultant Trauma & Vascular Surgeon at Barts Health NHS Trust. He is also the director of the pan London trauma system. In this episode we look at: Monitoring modalities and diagnostics (the advent of pre-hospital and in-hospital US, in-hospital CT & MRI) that ha...

This is a wide ranging conversation with Mark Faulkner - the clinical development manager for critical care (advanced practice) within the London Ambulance Service NHS Trust, Mark is also the clinical advisor for Major Trauma within the LAS and as such sits on the Pan London Trauma Steering Group, as well as number of national trauma groups. In this episode we examine a variety of topics that enco...

In this conversation I talk with Tim Archer. Tim is a former Group Captain, he held a number of senior appointments in the RAF during which time he gained an MA in Leadership Studies from the Centre for Leadership Studies at Exeter University, a Post Grad Certificate in Executive Coaching from Lancaster University Business School and was awarded a full-time 12-month Fellowship back at the Centre f...