Andy Swain is Medical Director of Wellington Free Ambulance and Associate Professor in Paramedicine at AUT. He works in the Emergency Department of Wellington Hospital, teaches ambulance staff, and is familiar with ambulance & helicopter environments. Andy has been involved with ambulance services and resuscitation since the 1980’s. He has set up four emergency departments, led the development of community paramedicine in the Wellington Region and flight paramedicine at Wellington’s Life Flight Trust. His research interests and publications are focused on out-of-hospital resuscitation and prehospital medicine. In 2020, he was awarded the Sir David Hay medal by the New Zealand Resuscitation Council.

Currently the Specialist Clinical Lead (Extended Care Paramedic) for Hato Hone St John, with a focus on all things ECP and clinical - clinical governance, model development, clinical practice guideline development, support and education. As well as interests in rural health and disaster recovery, Fraser has a particular interest in palliative care. He is a member of the New Zealand Palliative Care Steering Group, the New Zealand PEOLC Paramedicine Curriculum working group, the Australasian College of Paramedicine (ACP) Community Paramedicine Working Group, the Australasian Palliative Paramedicine Advisory Group and the European Association of Palliative Care Task Force on Palliative Care and EMS.