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Trauma education, medical school guidance, and reflections from twenty-five years at the sharp end — written the way he teaches: plainly, and from experience.
In an era dominated by drones, artificial intelligence and electronic warfare, could one of the oldest forms of military transport offer an unexpected solution to one of modern warfare’s greatest medical challenges? … Read more
ReadThere is a quiet but persistent myth in modern professional life: attend a course, receive a certificate, and emerge somehow transformed into a competent practitioner. … Read more
ReadWe tend to imagine the next war using the language of the last one. Frontlines. Forward operating bases. Evacuation corridors. Protected rear areas. Helicopters lifting … Read more
ReadThere is a particular confidence that comes from having done the thing yourself. Not read about it. Not watched someone else do it. Not quoted a … Read more
ReadThere is a great deal of conversation at the moment about prolonged field care, about evacuation denial, about scarce skill sets, high-value clinicians, and the … Read more
ReadFor decades, military medicine has been built around a comforting assumption: that there will always be a place behind the fight where casualties can be … Read more
ReadThere is a particular kind of behaviour that appears after every conflict, every kinetic deployment, every traumatic event where clinicians and medics have intervened under … Read more
ReadEvery few years, a new generation of technology arrives with great fanfare and an even greater promise: this time, finally, war will become cleaner, safer, … Read more
ReadThere comes a moment in every career, sometimes early, sometimes far too late, when you realise that the most vital resource you will ever possess … Read more
ReadBecause the battlefield has changed, and pretending otherwise gets people killed. The Frontline We Used to Know There was a time, and it’s not ancient … Read more
ReadBecause when everything is falling apart, someone has to hold the centre. Trauma Is Noise – Deafening, Unforgiving Noise Alarms blaring. Monitors screaming. People rushing. … Read more
ReadIf I’m honest, controlling my temper was never something that came naturally. Not at the beginning. Not even halfway through my career. It has taken … Read more
ReadBecause perfection without purpose is just noise. The Subtle Difference That Changes Everything It sounds like wordplay, doesn’t it?Doing things right versus doing the right thing.But in trauma, … Read more
ReadMy balanced perspective for prospective applicants This is a question I get asked more and more: “Would you recommend medicine as a career today?” It’s a … Read more
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