#FPHC2023

Adam & Charlie are two Emergency Medicine Doctors and previous PHEM fellows with the Devon Air Ambulance. In 2021 they traded A&E for the sea and with no previous rowing experience decided to take on both of the 'World's Toughest' rows in the same year; a 3000 mile Atlantic crossing and a 2000 mile circumnavigation of Great Britain. They will be discussing the life-threatening situations they faced, the strength on mind required to take on an ultra-endurance event and the well-being lessons they learnt along the way.

Caroline is a Consultant in Emergency Medicine and Major Trauma Lead at University Hospital Coventry. She is Deputy Clinical Lead of The Air Ambulance Service, elected member of the Executive Board of FPHC, and Chair of RCEM PHEM Professional Advisory Group. Caroline is passionate about improving diversity in PHEM and ensuring more support is available for the psychosocial needs of prehospital practitioners.

I am a consultant in Emergency Medicine (EM) and a senior Fellow with the Paediatric and Neonatal Decision Support and Retrieval (PaNDR) service at Cambridge University Hospitals. 

After completing my Emergency Medicine residency in Chennai, India, I travelled to the UK to further develop my career aspirations for Pre-hospital Emergency Medicine (PHEM). I have worked for air ambulance and paediatric retrieval services in the East of England and am currently undertaking formal sub-specialty training in Pre-hospital Emergency Medicine. I consider myself a life long learner in all things EM, PHEM and Paediatric EM and love to teach about the same.

Christian has extensive strategic management experience in the NHS, holding dual qualifications in clinical and legal practice.  As Head of Operations for the National Ambulance Resilience Unit, he is responsible for maintaining the effectiveness of several specialist capabilities throughout England.

He is considered a subject matter expert on emergency preparedness and ambulance operations.  Christian was recently instructed to act as a national expert to the Manchester Arena Public Inquiry. He also advises NHS England and regulators.

Christian’s work has made significant improvements across the sector including the introduction of nationwide contract standards for specialist capabilities and he was the principal architect of the safe system of work currently used by all Ambulance Services in the UK.  He also lectures on the ‘duty of care for commanders’ at the College of Policing and is currently undertaking PhD research into risk perceptions among emergency service commanders. 

Richard is a Paramedic and currently the Chief Operating Officer at St John Ambulance. Richard joined the NHS ambulance service in 1993 following service within the RAF medical services.

In 2016 he was awarded the Queens Ambulance Medal for his work in leading the change to the ambulance delivery model in Wales. In 2022 he was awarded a MBE to recognise his leadership of the delivery of 30,000 volunteer vaccinators during the COVID first wave.

Rikard Moen is Chief Medical Officer and co-founder of Zello, and Chairman of the Faculty of Remote, Rural & Humanitarian Healthcare, Royal College of Surgeons Edinburgh with a focus on leading clinical excellence across remote healthcare around the globe. Dr Moen is a Consultant Occupational Health Physician with 20 years of extensive global experience in corporate occupational health and wellbeing, both in the UK and overseas. He holds an MSc in Occupational Health, as well as FFOM (UK), FACOEM, FFOM (Ireland) and FRCP awards. Co-founded Zello after three years as CMO for Optima Health, previously having been Head of Health for Transport for London. He has also worked in senior leadership positions for other multinational blue-chip organisations in a global setting, such as Exxon Mobil, ADNOC, and Qatar Petroleum as Head of Health. Additionally, has been Global CMO for Iqarus and also RMSI Solutions, delivering Corporate Health and remote/humanitarian healthcare in many challenging and hostile locations around the world, including war zones.

Rikard was recently appointed Registrar & Vice President at the Faculty of Occupational Medicine and recognised as a Fellow of the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, and as a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, for his services to health around the globe.

Claire Park is a Consultant in Pre-hospital Emergency Medicine for London HEMS, and Anaesthesia and Critical Care Medicine at Kings College Hospital in London. She is also an Army Consultant with over 20 years of deployed military experience. Claire is the medical adviser to the Specialist Firearms teams of the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) , and to the MPS and National Clinical Governance Panels, and has worked closely with all of the emergency services in London on developing the joint response to high threat incidents, in particular following the attacks of 2017.

Claire has also developed relationships in this area of high threat medicine with leading experts internationally, in particular across Europe, Australia and the USA, and has been voted to become a Guidelines Committee Member of the Committee for Tactical Emergency Care (CTECC).  She is the Chief Investigator on a UK nationally funded research grant looking at evidence for improving patient outcomes in the hot zone of major incidents.

Esther has been a health psychologist for 16 years, initially working in cardiac care both in service improvement and psychological interventions for patients, later going on to a career in academia. 

Her early research was in chronic pain and its effect on doctor-patient communication. Esther has previous experience in psychological intervention in cardiac care and training NHS staff in communication skills. 

Esther is the first researcher in the UK to explore the concept of moral injury in medicine, and since being invited to present on the topic of Moral Injury at the Institute of Pre-hospital Care Performance Psychology Symposium in June 2017, Esther has been invited to present at national and international conferences for both healthcare professionals, educators and students. Esther also delivers training on the topic to London Ambulance Service’s Advanced Paramedic Practitioners, the Counter Terrorism Specialist Firearms Officers of the Metropolitan Police and is a regular contributor to London HEMS Clinical Governance Days. 

Esther has recorded podcasts for WEM, St Emlyns, The College of Paramedics and for the London Advanced Paramedics and East of England Ambulance Service, she also delivers wellbeing workshops at the Royal London Hospital for staff in theatres and at the Royal College of Emergency Medicine and the Intensive Care Society. She was one of the authors of the report Valuing Staff, Valuing Patients: the report on the psychosocial care and mental health programme.  

Richard is a Consultant in Emergency Medicine at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh and Clinical Lead for the Medic1 trauma team. He is Deputy Medical Director of Kent, Surrey & Sussex Air Ambulance. Richard is Professor of Pre-hospital Emergency Medical Care at the University of Surrey and has an established research portfolio in pre-hospital resuscitation, trauma care and emergency medicine. He has previous experience in the British Army and is a member of the UK International Search and Rescue team, having deployed to major global disaster zones. He was awarded an MBE for his services to emergency healthcare by HM Queen Elizabeth II.

Dr Lyle Moncur is a Consultant in Emergency Medicine and Major Trauma at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, where he is the ED lead for trauma.

He is also a Consultant in Pre-Hospital Emergency Medicine with the Great North Air Ambulance and the Edinburgh Medic One service, having previously completed secondments with Essex & Herts, East Anglia and Lincs & Notts Air Ambulance charities.

Lyle has a keen interest in motorsport medicine and supports St Abbs Independent Lifeboat Charity as a medical advisor.

Dr Cosgrove has been a consultant in the NHS for 22-years.  In the pre-hospital setting he has 20-years experience as a Crowd Doctor at Football, both Rugby codes, Cricket and the London 2012 Olympics. He has also worked for the RFU as a pitch-side Anaesthetist. Currently he is Chair of the National Events Medicine Advisory Group (NEMAG) and has previously advised the England and Wales Cricket Board on Medical Contingency Planning for international cricket.  Other professional interests are extensive: Chair of FICM Working Party for End-of-Life Care, Final FRCA Examiner, CCrISP Steering Group RCS England and representing RCoA and FICM in the National Audit for Care at the End of Life (NACEL.)  He is also a qualified cricket umpire and has previously coached both rugby league and rugby union.

Phil is a consultant in Emergency Medicine working at both Acute Trusts in Bristol.

He has been active in prehospital care since 2004, being one of the founding members of Great Western Air Ambulance and remains clinically active with the team.

He has held medical directorate roles within NHS Ambulance Trusts for over a decade and is Acute Care Medical Director for South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SWASFT), providing clinical leadership to support to major trauma, resuscitation, Hazardous Area Response Teams (HART) and Major Incident response.

His ethos is to develop well-governed systems that provide seamless care for critically ill or injured patients from the point of first contact through to definitive care. To facilitate this he has a passion for advancing clinical practice in multidisciplinary teams believing this should be based on competency, rather than professional background.

He was appointed as Medical Advisor to the National Ambulance Resilience Unit in 2021 to focus on clinical development and education. He is a trained ambulance service commander, a National Interagency Liaison Officer and holds qualifications in health emergency preparedness.

His areas of interest include clinical and command decision making in high stress environments and Major Incident management.

In addition to these roles he provides clinical governance to police specialist units and Fire Rescue Services, and is civilian ambulance advisor to UK military prehospital care.

He is an examiner for the Faculty of Pre-Hospital Care (RCSEd) and maintains a strong educational commitment on a number of courses.

Rob is a doctor in Emergency Medicine at University Hospitals Sussex FT NHS Trust and is a HEMS doctor with Air Ambulance Kent, Surrey & Sussex. Rob initially completed medical school at the University of Nottingham and now has a portfolio career in Emergency Medicine with Pre-hospital Care. Having previously completed a fellowship with London’s Air Ambulance PRU (Physician Response Unit) and also HEMS secondments with London HEMS and Air Ambulance Kent, Surrey and Sussex. Since 2017 he has also an Honorary Lecturer and module lead on the iBSc and MSc degrees in Pre-hospital Medicine based at QMUL and the Institute of Pre-hospital Care. He is the current Endovascular Fellow at London’s Air Ambulance.

He can be followed on Twitter @GreenhalghRob

Pam has been Chair of the Faculty of Pre-Hospital Care since 2021, having held various committee and elected roles  previously and is a founder member of the faculty. She is  the first woman in the 25 years of the FPHC to be appointed as Chair.

Pam has represented FPHC and RCPCH on the Intercollegiate Board for Training in Pre-hospital Emergency Medicine for many years since its inception in 2009.

As well as working as an Emergency Medicine Consultant, Pam remains a passionate and committed pre-hospital provider, continuing to work in a primary response role and as retrieval consultant with the Emergency Medical Retrieval Service (North) team covering the Highlands and Islands of Scotland.

She is committed to taking forward an ambitious strategy on behalf of the Faculty which values providers at every level.

Jon Richards is a Specialist Paramedic – Critical Care, working for Yorkshire Ambulance Service based in York. Jon started his career with the ambulance service in 2009 and began a foundation degree in Paramedic Science in 2011, he then went on to study at the University of York  achieving a BSc Hons in Health Care and is currently undertaking an MSc in Advanced Paramedic Practice in Critical Care at Sheffield Hallam University. Jon was recognised by AACE as the “Paramedic of the year” in 2017 for his work in the field of out of hospital cardiac arrest. As well as working for Yorkshire Ambulance Service Jon volunteers his time to work for the West Yorkshire Medic Response Team based in Leeds providing enhanced care and volunteering for Festival Medical Services working at Glastonbury and Reading music festivals. He is also the Lead Paramedic for BASICS in Yorkshire, currently establishing a Paramedic responder programme for Yorkshire. He is part of the Yorkshire Region Faculty of Prehospital care and organises the North Yorkshire CPD evenings.

Tim is a consultant in emergency medicine at Plymouth Hospitals Major Trauma Centre where he has responsibility for Trauma in the ED.  Tim is also the lead doctor for the Devon Air Ambulance. Tim leads on the EXIT (Extrication In Trauma) project which is focused on increasing our understanding of and improving the evidence base for post-collision care. Over the last four years Tim and the EXIT team have focused on identifying and where possible filling knowledge gaps in relation to extrication following a motor collision and working with stakeholders to translate this new evidence into clinical and operational practice. This work has recently been adopted into JRCALC and has been awarded the TARN improvements in trauma care and first place at the International Road Safety Awards. 

Prof Phil Morgan holds a Personal Chair in Human Factors and Cognitive Science within the School of Psychology at Cardiff University. He is Director of the Human Factors Excellence Research Group (HuFEx) and Director of Research for the Centre for AI, Robotics and Human-Machine Systems (IROHMS). He is an international expert in Cyberpsychology, Transport Psychology, Humans in Automation and AI, Human-Machine Interface Design, Human-Computer Interaction, and Adaptive Cognition. He has won >£24M funding across >45 funded grants from e.g., Airbus, CREST, ERDF, EPSRC, ESRC, GoS, HSSRC, IUK, MoD, NCSC, RAEng, SOS Alarm, and the Wellcome Trust, and has published >130 major outputs. Phil is Director of the Airbus Centre of Excellence in Human-Centric Cyber Security at Cardiff University and is an Academic Lead for a Strategic Partnership between Airbus and Cardiff University. Other current projects include Rule of Law in the Age of AI and Autonomous Systems (ESRC-JST funded, with e.g. the Universities of Kyoto and Osaka) – Phil leads a UK team focussing on blame assignment and trust in autonomous vehicles if things go wrong (design for success through considering failure) as well as Human-Robot Interaction and Explainable AI. He is a senior academic on two HSSRC (UK MOD / Dstl / BAE Systems) projects: one on Human Factors guidelines for autonomous systems and robots, and another on trust in complex sociotechnical systems. He also works on Cyberpsychology projects funded by the NCSC. Phil played a key role within two IUK funded autonomous vehicle projects: Venturer Autonomous Vehicles for UK Roads (2015-18, ~£5M) and Flourish Trusted Secure Mobility (2016-19, ~£5.5M) for citizen population sectors who may benefit most from CAVs – including older adults and individuals with disabilities. Phil overseas the IROHMS Simulation Laboratory at Cardiff University - with five state-of the art zones: immersive dome; transport simulator; cognitive robotics; VR/AR; and a command and control centre. Phil is also a Visiting Professor at Luleå University of Technology - Psychology, Division of Health, Medicine & Rehabilitation, Sweden.

Dr. Dan Nevin is a Consultant Anaesthetist at the Royal London Hospital (UK) where he works as a key member of the Trauma Anaesthesia Group in both the ED and the operating theatres. He is originally from South Africa where he grew up, was schooled and trained. Amongst his diverse interests he enjoys anaesthesia for complex major general surgery, vascular surgery and, of course, trauma. Professionally, he has interest in complex resuscitative interventions, acute traumatic coagulopathy and the use of point-of-care testing in treating the same. Additionally he has spent many years working in the pre-hospital environment in both South Africa and the UK and is a Consultant in Pre-hospital Care for London's Air Ambulance Helicopter Emergency Medical Service. In his spare time he tries to keep fit and is an ardent supporter of Springbok rugby!

Lt Col Harvey Pynn is a Consultant in Emergency Medicine and Pre-Hospital Emergency Medicine in Bristol. He is a Regular Army Officer and held the post of Defence Consultant Advisor (DCA) in Pre-hospital Emergency Care from 2018-2023. He has deployed in support of Operations over a 20+ year career in the Military. His areas of particular interest are remote and austere medicine, tropical medicine and point of injury trauma management.

Mike Palmer is Critical Care Practitioner for the Welsh Air Ambulance (EMRTS - Emergency Medical Retrieval Transfer Service). Previously he gained his experience as a flight paramedic for the London’s Air Ambulance (LAA), which an 18-month secondment with LAA had given him a wide range of trauma experience in an urban setting. Now flying HEMS in Wales Mike is gaining additional medical critical care practice, different trauma mechanisms and critical care retrieval transfers. He has a particular interest in Focused Assessment with Sonography in Trauma (FAST) and the use of in the pre-hospital environment and has been involved in the delivery of training for both LAA and EMRTS.

Dr Amy Hughes is an Emergency Medicine Consultant, currently working as a NIHR Research Fellow at Barts Health and a Pre-Hospital Care Clinician at Essex and Herts Air Ambulance. The NIHR research focuses on ‘Improving patient outcome in the ‘hot zone’ during a major incident’. Other work has included humanitarian deployments with Médecins Sans Frontières to Northern Sri Lanka post conflict, the West Africa Ebola outbreak as part of the UK response team, and Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines; and Pre-Hospital/Retrieval Medicine with Careflight Queensland, London’s Air Ambulance and Kent Surrey Sussex Air Ambulance. Amy has also contributed to the World Health Organization on burns care for mass casualty incidents and acted as course director for the DGECHO funded recent Burn Assessment Team training for burns teams throughout Europe. Amy was awarded an MBE in 2015 for services towards Emergency and Humanitarian Medicine.  

Professor Hans Morten Lossius MD PhD, is a specialist in anaesthesiology and intensive care and has extensive clinical practice within prehospital critical care and air ambulance medicine. He is the Secretary General of the Norwegian Air Ambulance Foundation, professor of prehospital critical care at the University of Stavanger, Norway, and adjunct professor of prehospital critical care at the University of Aalborg, Denmark. From 2015 to 2018 he was a visiting professor of emergency medicine at Karolinska Institute, Sweden. In 2020 he received an Honorary Fellowship in Immediate Care at The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. Prof Lossius main research areas are acute trauma care, pre-hospital advanced airway management, pre-hospital stroke treatment, pre-hospital ultrasound diagnostics, and research method development in pre-hospital critical care. He has been and is involved in several international projects and conferences within this field.

Maria is the Medical Director of Wiltshire Air Ambulance and an EM Consultant at Addenbrooke's hospital, where she is the lead for ED trauma and the trauma network co-ordination service. She wrote, developed and ran the initial  IBTPHEM Induction courses and continues to support the course each year. Her main interests are in embedding an understanding of human factors into clinical practice, and developing trauma and critical care training in PHEM and EM for paramedics, nurses and doctors.

Nathan is a consultant specialist in Emergency Medicine and subspecialist in Pre-Hospital Emergency Medicine at Cambridge Major Trauma Centre and Magpas Air Ambulance. He is also the Lead for Clinical Operations at Magpas, a Tactical Medical Advisor for the East of England Ambulance Service, a faculty member of the IBTPHEM's National Introductory Course, and an FIMC examiner.

As the first Chair of the IBTPHEM's Curriculum Committee to have experienced both receipt and delivery of PHEM training, Nathan led the development of the 2022 subspecialty curriculum, syllabus and assessment system.