The Hijacked First Aider: Activation of the Amygdala in Wilderness First Aid Responses.
Details:
11:30 am – 12:20 pm
5th of December
Room: 2E-201
Steve (Sunny) Whitfield
Nick Abussi
Imagine you have an accident at work involving students or staff. What do you expect from your colleagues? What do they expect from you? What steps have you taken to prepare for this moment? Regardless of whether you are certified in first aid, WFA or something else, there are some missing steps in the preparation of first aid responders.
In this presentation Sunny and Nick will draw from over a decade of emergency paramedicine, expeditionary leadership, expedition medicine and military war zone deployments to discuss principles such as leadership before medicine, the moment of pause, and the delegation of critical interventions to save someone’s life. They will work to equip the audience with a psychological tool kit through the delivery of some interactive case studies, reflective debriefs and open discussions that will enable the audience to respond more efficiently and more effectively which will ultimately lead to better wilderness first aid care.
About the Presenter
Sunny is an Australian-based academic, paramedic, expedition leader, consultant and writer whose first expedition was nearly his last when he nearly froze to death in the arctic. A former soldier with several conflict zone deployments, Sunny has since led over 60 expeditions including polar, jungle, desert, mega-fauna diving, and high altitude climbing. Sunnys recent work involves contracting to filming projects for NatGeo and Discovery+.
Although he struggles to spell, Sunny has authored two books and published over forty articles. He has been awarded Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, Fellow of the Academy of Wilderness Medicine, Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, and Fellow of the Australasian College of Paramedicine.
Nick is Critical Care Paramedic, expedition leader, clnical educator and consultant. Nicks recent work involves managing remote expeditionary teams, delivering expedition medicine training across mountain, altitude and dive medicine, and working in high acuity critical care for Qld ambulance. Nicks passion lies in delivering clinical leadership training to outdoor educators, teachers and guide. He has been awarded Fellow of the Academy of Extreme Environment Medicine and he is the Operations Director for Explora Medicine.
