#StEmlynsWILD

Dr. Natalie May trained in Emergency Medicine and Paediatric EM in the UK before moving to Sydney where she now works half time as a Specialist in Prehospital and Retrieval Medicine with Sydney HEMS, quarter time in Emergency Medicine at St George Hospital in South East Sydney and occasionally in the Trauma service at Royal North Shore Hospital. She is a medical education enthusiast and has been an editor and contributor to the St Emlyn's blog and podcast since 2012. She is proud to be part of the faculty of Resuscitology, a multidisciplinary course for keen resuscitationists.

She loves running, tea and karaoke; she lives with her husband and son near one of Sydney’s beautiful beaches.

Professor Simon Carley MB ChB, PGDip, DipIMC (RCS Ed), FRCS (Ed)(1998), FHEA, FAcadMed, FRCEM, MPhil, MD, PhD
Creator, Webmaster, Editor in Chief. St Emlyn’s

Professor of Emergency Medicine, Manchester Metropolitan University

Consultant in Emergency Medicine.

Co-founder of BestBETs, St Emlyn’s, MSc in emergency medicine at Manchester Metropolitan University

Education Associate with General Medical Council

Associate Editor Emergency Medicine Journal

Research interests in diagnostics, MedEd, Major incidents & Evidence-based Emergency Medicine

Rusty is an ACP with paramedic background, multi decade military veteran with leadership experience across military, health and private sectors.  He operates as a medical educator and leadership consultant with a passion for driving system improvement through individual development.  Often to be found on mountains & in cold water.

Offshore medic, commercial diver, rescue expert, ATACC faculty.

Phil is an offshore medic and commercial diver medic. He is part of the ATACC faculty, College of Remote and Offshore Medicine faculty, and is a PHTLS/TECC, prolonged field care, advanced rope rescue Instructor. With an interest in remote and austere medicine, He has operated and taught everywhere from Antarctica to Afghanistan.

Consultant in Emergency Medicine. HEMS doctor with HIOWAA Hampshire and Isle of Wight Air Ambulance.

Iain qualified in 1998 from University of Birmingham Medical School and over the past 25 years has trained in and practised medicine in major teaching hospitals both in the UK and overseas. He has been a consultant at University Hospital Southampton for the past twelve years, including a three year term as the unit’s Clinical Director. UHS is the main Major Trauma Centre for the South Coast region of England as well as the eighth largest hospital in the UK. An acclaimed speaker, Iain has spoken at international conferences in Australia, USA, Ireland, Austria and Germany as well as across the UK. He has a passion for medical school education and is an Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer at the University of Southampton and the founder of the St Emlyn’s Medical School

Social Media Links Twitter – @docib

Emergency Physician (Lithuania)

Vytautas is an emergency medicine physician in the Hospital of Lithuanian university of health sciences. He is one of the first 5 emergency medicine physicians in Lithuania, founding the specialty there in 2013. He recently completed his PhD in trauma team technical and non-technical skills improvement (the first EM PhD in the country). He was previously an emergency medicine residency coordinator at the Lithuanian university of health sciences and developer of the emergency telemedicine project in Lithuania. He is the principal author of the first Lithuanian textbook of emergency.

Toby is a senior leader, board member and chief executive with over 28 years’ experience in the Defence Medical Services. With core skills grounded in operational delivery, planning and training, his most recent appointments have included Chief Executive for Deployed Hospital Care, Head of the Defence Medical Academy and, a secondment to the National team of NHS Health Education England.

Consultant in Emergency Medicine and HEMS Doctor

Eimhear is an Emergency Department Consultant at Salford Royal Hospital and flies with the Northwest Air Ambulance. She has extensive experience in major trauma as a trauma team leader in Salford, and has worked across several UK air ambulance services.

Social Media links twitter – @eimhearquinn Instagram – @eimhear_quinn

Consultant in Emergency Medicine and Critical Care

Dan Horner is an editorial board member on the St Emlyns blog and podcast. He is a consultant in emergency medicine/intensive care at a major trauma and neurosciences centre in the North West of England and outgoing Professor of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine. He has research interests in the prevention and treatment of venous thromboembolic disease, coagulopathy and early sepsis management in the critically ill. He is a topic expert for several NICE guidelines and accompanying quality standards.  Dan is medical director for the TEAM course at Salford and has given national talks on airway management in the critically ill patient. He occasionally blogs (stemlynsblog.org) and infrequently tweets (@exRCEMProf).

Consultant in Anaesthetics and Senior HEMS doctor

Oli is an Anaesthetic Consultant at Salford Royal Hospital and flies with the Northwest Air Ambulance. His training has taken him to Australia and across the UK. He has extensive expertise in the management of critical illness and injury in the prehospital environment and will be bringing these and other skills to #stemlynsWILD.

Intensive Care Medicine & PHEM Doctor

Halden is a senior registrar in Intensive Care Medicine, and a PHEM doctor working for both HEMS and BASICS organisations. He has worked in 4 of the UKs MTCs (and counting!) and has experience delivering critical care in a wide variety of hospital and pre hospital settings.  With several years of military experience, and many adventurous hobbies, he is well suited to the WILD aspects of the conference. He is very active in medical education, in particular trauma simulation, as one of the medical directors for the ATACC course.

Division Chief for Clinical Performance and Education for Travis County

Ashley Voss‐Liebig RN, BSN, CCRN, NREMT, CCISM Ashley is a US Army Veteran, former flight nurse/ rescue specialist and current Division Chief for Clinical Performance and Education for Travis County overseeing clinical education and training for 400+ providers. Ashley rotates weekends in hospital between the ICU and Sexual Assault/Child Protection team.

Ashley’s passions include, communication, human performance, critical care and teaching. Ashley delivers lectures around the globe, is a frequent podcast guest and is a contributing author for the St. Emlyn’s Blog and Podcast.

She lives in Central Texas on a modest farm with her beautiful daughter, giant Great Dane and bee colonies.

Emergency Medicine trainee and resuscitation researcher.

Rich is an EM and ICM trainee based in London. He has recently completed his PhD in Trauma Sciences focusing on cardiovascular dysfunction in the critically injured. He is currently an Emergency Preservation and Resuscitation fellow with the Institute of Pre-Hospital Care.

NIHR ACL and ST6 in Emergency Medicine

Anisa qualified from the University of Manchester in 2008, combining her medical degree with European Studies and the French language. She completed her Foundation years in North East Thames, then completed her DTM+H at LSTM followed by a period working in a rural South African hospital. She has been juggling global health interests,  an emergency medicine career and a young family via split academic and clinical training. Her PhD at the Humanitarian and Conflict Response Institute focussed on emergency medical team (EMT) documentation following disaster response and led to further work with the UK EMT and WHO. She has since led the development of the Global Emergency Care Collaborative (GECCo) and continues to explore the role of global health engagement in EM practice via her research.

@EmergeMedGlobal and @GECCoUK

Consultant Orthopaedic & Major Trauma Surgeon, North West Prehospital Critical Care Charity BASICS & North West Ambulance Service MERIT Doctor, Medical Director Cheshire Search & Rescue Team.

Mike qualified in 2010 from Liverpool and is a consultant surgeon in Liverpool specialising in upper limb orthopaedics, general and major trauma surgery, predominantly at Aintree MTC where he is also a Trauma Team Leader.

Outside his day job Mike works pre-hospital with NWPCCC, and is a member of the North West Ambulance MERIT team.

Mike is a long term member of Cheshire SAR team, and is the team’s Medical Director, as well as occasionally examining for Mountain Rescue. Mike is a Fellow of the Institute of Search & Technical Rescue.

Mike lives in mid-Cheshire with his Wife and 3 young kids,  he is a keen climber, amateur farmer and committed petrolhead, and the proud holder of a class 1 HGV licence! Mike can usually be found elbow-deep in anything mechanical, from superbikes to lorries and everything in between!

Consultant in Emergency Medicine and Global Health expert

Stevan Bruijns is dual registered as an emergency physician in South Africa and the United Kingdom. He is editor in Chief of the African Journal of Emergency Medicine is an honorary Professor of Emergency Medicine at the University of Cape Town. Stevan also works for the CQC as a UEC specialty advisor and inspector, and for NHSE Southwest as clinical advisor for the national UEC data bundle implementation. He has worked extensively in both resource-rich and resource-poor settings throughout a 23 year career. Stevan’s interests include system and quality improvement, as well as strong views on equality, diversity and research access in low-resourced settings. Stevan is married with two children who enjoy camping and train rides. They have one kitten and two very naughty chickens that like to raid the vegetable patch.