The programme has assembled experts with real-world experience of deploying in the harshest of environments: marine, desert, arctic, jungle and underwater. As well as reviewing the latest developments in resuscitation science, they will draw on their experience of providing this care in the tactical, remote and austere setting.
Dr Paul Rees is the Programme Director for the Tactical Military Austere and Operational Medicine programme, and a Senior Lecturer for the Emergency and Resusciation Medicine programme at the Blizard Institute, part of Queen Mary University of London's Faculty of Medicine and Dentristry. He is an interventional cardioloist and prehospital resuscitation physician at Barts Heart Centre, Barts Health NHS Trust. He has a strong background in the military hospital and health care industry, with a special interest in circulatory support and resuscitation. He is also a HEMS consultant, flying for East Anglian Air Ambulance. As a Surgeon Commander in the Royal Navy, he is their Consultant Advisor in Medicine. Paul’s military background includes active service with submarines, combat deployment with Commando forces, being the airborne MERT consultant in Afghanistaan nd numerous humanitarian and disaster relief missions including work in an Ebola treatment unit in Africa.