This is a recording from the Interactive CPD Symposium 2025 which hosted many presentations on a large array of topics. This session was hosted by Andy Bell. He discusses how human factors can be used to optimise the perfomrance of medical teams.
Biography: Dr Andy Swain
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 and 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.
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