Episode 47: Peak Performance Under Pressure Part 2
Author: Eoghan Colgan @eoghan_colgan
Special Guest: Stephen Hearns @StephenHearns1
05/04/20
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Guest Bios
Stephen Hearns
Stephen is a Consultant in Emergency Medicine based at the Royal Alexandra Hospital in Paisley and lead consultant for the Emergency Medicine Retrieval Service (EMRS) in Scotland. His main interest lies in the care of seriously ill patients in remote environments. He has been an active 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 finished his training with the London Helicopter Emergency Medical Service. Over the past ten years he has led the establishment of the EMRS in Scotland. Stephen has published a number of papers and book chapters related to these subjects. He also led the team establishing the Diploma in retrieval and transfer medicine for the Royal College of Surgeons 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 is married to Kerry and has three sons. Stephen enjoys mountains, road cycling and mountain biking.
Show Notes
Eoghan and Stephen discuss performance under pressure. In this episode, they discuss how to prepare for high-pressure situations and how to ‘CALM DOON’ in moments of frazzle!
Take Home Points
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