33 | Dr. Alana Harper on helicopter medical services & pre-hospital retrieval medicine

Dr. Alana Harper is an emergency medicine specialist at Auckland City Hospital adult emergency department and a Pre-Hospital Retrieval Medicine Doctor with the Auckland Rescue Helicopter Trust (ARHT) for the past 10 years. She is also the ARHT clinical lead for patient safety and quality.  Her Helicopter Emergency Medical Services (HEMS) clinical work involves mostly helicopter and road primary missions and some inter-hospital retrieval. Her clinical interests include pre-hospital and retrieval medicine (being my sub-specialty interest), clinical governance, patient safety and quality improvement (including research and audit), trauma care, simulation (and education delivery using simulation). She has recently been focusing my ongoing professional development on clinical leadership. Dr. Harper is responsible for setting up the Women in Pre-Hospital Emergency Medicine Network NZ, which is forging strong networking and mentorship links for women in emergency medical services (both aeromedical and ground) in the North Island of New Zealand.  She feels strongly about being a visible role-model and positive champion for young women wishing to pursue STEM careers, and for women clinicians (both medical and paramedical) wishing to pursue aeromedical careers and clinical leadership positions.In this episode, we discuss her journey into emergency and pre-hospital retrieval medicine, the balance between the two, the stories that have stuck with her, the support and resilience of those working fields swimming in trauma and adrenaline, gender data gaps and Invisible Women, and her love for reading. Twitter: @mini_dr & @InPHRMWomen PHRM Network: https://www.womenphrmnetworknz.orgSelection of PHRM clinicians: https://codachange.org/on-the-selection-of-prehospital-clinicians/More information on DipPHRM: https://acem.org.au/Content-Sources/Certificate-and-Diploma-Programs/Pre-Hospital-and-Retrieval-MedicineODT article mentioned: https://www.odt.co.nz/star-news/star-national/how-decade-doctors-helicopters-has-saved-thousands-livesAs always, if you have any feedback or queries, or if you would like to get in touch with the speaker, feel free to get in touch at [email protected] credit:Bliss by Luke Bergs https://soundcloud.com/bergscloudCreative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported — CC BY-SA 3.0Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/33DJFs9Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/e9aXhBQDT9YSupport the showAs always, if you have any feedback or queries, or if you would like to get in touch with the speaker, feel free to get in touch at [email protected]. Audio credit:Bliss by Luke Bergs https://soundcloud.com/bergscloudCreative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported — CC BY-SA 3.0Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/33DJFs9Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/e9aXhBQDT9Y

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