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Stephen Is a Consultant in Emergency Medicine Employed by NHS Greater Glasgow and Lead Consultant for Scotland’S Aeromedical Retrieval Service Dr Stephen Hearns MB ChB FRCP FRCS FRCEM FRGS Dip.IMC DRTM Stephen is a Consultant in Emergency Medicine employed by NHS Greater Glasgow and lead consultant for Scotland’s aeromedical retrieval service. He has completed Bond Solon and Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons training courses relating to the role of expert witness. He regularly acts an expert witness for the NHS Scotland Central Legal Office and for pursuers’ solicitors. He is the Scottish Public Service Ombudsman’s expert advisor in emergency medicine and pre-hospital care. Stephen finished his training with the London Helicopter Emergency Medical Service. Over the past ten years he has led the establishment of the Emergency Medical Retrieval Service in Scotland. He leads a team of 40 doctors, nurses and paramedics who work for the service. He has published a number of papers and book chapters related to emergency medicine and pre-hospital care. He also led the team establishing the Diploma in retrieval and transfer medicine for the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh and contributes to the organisation of the annual UK retrieval conference. He is attracted to the challenges of retrieval medicine in demanding remote environments with limited resources. He has been an active voluntary member of Arrochar mountain rescue team for 18 years and holds the Mountain Leader Award. Stephen acted as medical officer on seven international expeditions before establishing the first expedition medicine course in the UK. He has previously been an instructor on ATLS, ALS and PALS courses. Stephen is married to Kerry and has three sons. Stephen enjoys mountains, road cycling and mountain biking. Dr Stephen Hearns Current positions Consultant in Emergency Medicine NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde 2004 - present Lead Consultant Emergency Medical Retrieval Service 2004 - present Advisor in emergency medicine to Scottish Public Services Ombudsman 2014- present Honorary Senior Lecturer University of Glasgow 2013 - present Arrochar Mountain Rescue Team member and doctor 1997 - present Director Ossian Medical Solutions Ltd. Medical training and clinical governance 2013 - present consultancy Qualifications Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery with commendation Glasgow University 1993 Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons (A&E diploma) 1998 1998 Fellow of College of Emergency Medicine 2003 Diploma Immediate Medical Care, Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh 1988 Mountain Leader Award 2007 Emergency, aeromedical retrieval and pre-hospital trauma experience Emergency Medicine training and experience in UK and Australia 1993 - present Rural aeromedical retrieval – primary and secondary critical care retrieval 2004 - present Helicopter pre-hospital trauma care London HEMS 2003 Expedition medical officer - Nepal, Namibia, Sahara, Sweden, Kazakhstan, Venezuela, Peru Event and Sports Medicine – Football stadia, T in the Park music festival, UCI cycling world championship, British road race athlete’s doctor 2013. Research and journal publications Major Incidents - Training for on-site medical personnel J. A&E Med 1999 First aid training and equipment in UK mountain rescue teams Prehosp Imm. Care 1999 Medical and safety cover for a mountain marathon Prehosp Imm. Care 1999 The role of the trek medical officer Travel Med Int 2000 Expedition medicine BMJ Career Focus 2000 Mountain rescue medicine BMJ Career Focus 2000 Event Medicine BMJ Career Focus 2001 Scottish Mountain Rescue Casualty Study EMJ 2002 Helicopter Emergency Medical Service BMJ Career Focus 2004 Establishing an Emergency Medical Retrieval Service EMJ 2005 A rural Emergency Medical Service: the first year EMJ 2006 Spinal injuries in Scottish Mountaineers J.Wild. & Env. Med 2006 Retrieval medicine: a review and guide for UK practitioners EMJ 2006 The UK helicopter ambulance tasking study Injury 2009 On-scene times and critical care interventions for an aeromedical EMJ 2010 retrieval service In-flight cooling after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest Resuscitation 2010 Performance measurement in British Helicopter Emergency Medical EMJ 2011 Services and Australian Air Medical Services Use of prothrombin complex concentrates: 4 –year experience of a EMJ 2014 national aeromedical retrieval service Comparison of Factors Associated with Desaturation in Prehospital EMJ 2015 Emergency Anaesthesia in Primary and Secondary Retrievals Dr Stephen Hearns Book chapters Major trauma and medical emergencies in remote locations Expedition Medicine 2001 Major trauma Oxford handbook of 2008 ENT emergencies Expedition Medicine ABC of transfer and Transfer monitoring chapter 2014 retrieval medicine Trauma care pre- Retrieval and Transport – chapter submitted hospital manual International Models of Retrieval Oxford handbook of Education and Research – chapters submitted Retrieval Medicine Health care awards and honorary fellowships Queen’s Diamond Jubilee award for services to mountain rescue 2012 http://www.youtube.com/watc EMRS winner of BMJ Group Award 2010 – UK secondary team of the year h?v=DhsYoGTCkpM Awarded honorary Fellowship of the Royal College of Physicians of Ed. 2011 Awarded honorary Diploma in Retrieval Med. Royal Coll. of Surgeons of Ed. 2013 Invited to deliver The Myles Gibson Lecture at UK BASICS conference 2013 Academic roles Retrieval conference – co-director of the annual UK pre-hospital and retrieval conference Project lead for establishment of the Diploma in Retrieval and Transfer Medicine Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh Former examiner for the College of Emergency Medicine membership examinations Reviewer for the Emergency Medicine Journal Educational supervisor for emergency medicine specialist trainees Assisted with achieving PHEM intercollegiate board specialist training approval for EMRS National and international conference presentations Retrieval Medicine Conference Viking Surgeons Conference London Trauma Conference International Federation of Emergency Medicine Trauma Care Conference Scottish Intensive Care Society Airmed BASICs annual conference Association of Air Ambulances UK Mountain Rescue Conference Paediatric Intensive Care Conference NHS Scotland Better Health Better Care Medicine in Extreme Environments RCPE BASICs Scotland annual conference Scottish Society of Anaesthetists International ECLS conference 2016 ICEM 2013 Hong Kong – invited to present regarding safe systems in critical care retrieval SMACC Conference Chicago Dr Stephen Hearns Teaching and training experience Guest speaker on Clinical Leadership NES Delivering the Future course. Former instructor in Advanced Trauma Life Support, Advanced Life Support and Paediatric Advanced Life support ExpeMed Expedition Medicine Course founder and course director – 600 doctors trained SARmed mountain rescue medical course founder and course director Emergency Anaesthesia Assistant’s Course founder Working with the retrieval team course, founder and course director Service management and leadership experience Lead consultant for Emergency Medical Retrieval Service Service development from voluntary team to fully Government funded 2004 – 2016 www.emrsscotland.org permanent service with a staff of forty doctors and critical care practitioners. Healthcare development roles http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/Doc/22208 Remote and rural steering group – Scottish Government Health Dept. 7/0059735.pdf http://www.nospg.nhsscotland.com/wp- Remote and rural implementation group - SGHD content/3.-Final_Report_RRIG_Oct10.pdf http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/Doc/36295 Specialist transport services strategic review - SGHD 6/0122968.pdf http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/Doc/30416 Evaluation of a rural retrieval service for Scotland 8/0095438.pdf EMRS implementation board Scottish Ambulance Service Clinical Advisory Group member College of Emergency Medicine Pre-hospital care committee member Member Clinical Advisory Group NHS Wales Emergency Medical and Transfer Service Search and rescue training experience Mountain Leader award - assessment passed 2007 Mountain rescue – active member of Arrochar MRT. In excess of 100 call outs 1997 - Search and Rescue helicopter experience – over 100 retrieval and SAR missions flown, winch trained Road traffic collision extrication training – London Fire Brigade, Strathclyde Fire and Rescue and the UK Fire Service College, Moreton in Marsh Helicopter underwater escape training – certification current Major incident experience Glasgow airport bombing – Emergency Department Consultant leading hospital response Stockline factory explosion – part of on site medical team Glasgow Helicopter Crash – Forward medical incident officer. Major incident medical management and support course training completed Medico-legal experience Provision of expert medical opinion regarding injuries for medico-legal purposes Provision of expert medical opinion on clinical care for medico-legal purposes Bond Solon expert witness training completed 2012 Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow expert witness course completed 2011 Training experience with solicitors in relation to medical negligence in the Emergency Department Dr Stephen Hearns .
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