Dr. Brett Abarbanel on why we are always gambling, making good decisions, and the illusion of control.

EP 84: Brett Abarbanel, PhD, on The Illusion of Control

Dr. Trish Muganthan, pediatric + neonatal retrieval expert, on inter-team operations, managing complex situations, and the power of kindness.

EP 87: Trish Muganthan, MRCPCH, on pediatric retrieval and kindness

Paul Swinton, National Education Lead for the Scottish Air Ambulance Service and co-inventor of SCRAM™, on designing for crisis and fostering innovation.

EP 89: Paul Swinton on Designing for Crisis

Excellence doesn't happen by accident. Dr. Dan Dworkis on searching for and building excellence in crisis.

EP 90: Dan Dworkis MD PhD on Excellence in Crisis

Dr. Glenn Fox on the neuroscience of emotion, feeling, and decision making, the power of gratitude to transform performance, and much more.

EP 91: Glenn Fox, PhD, on Gratitude and Performance

Kim “KC” Campbell is a retired Colonel, serving in the Air Force for 24 years as a fighter pilot, a senior leader, and the Director of the Center for Character & Leadership Development at the Air Force Academy. She is the author of Flying in the Face of Fear: A Fighter Pilot’s Lessons on Leading with Courage. In this episode, we talk about training to perform under pressure, overcoming fear and chaos, and the power of storytelling in training the next generation of operators.

EP 92: Kim "KC" Campbell on Flying in the Face of Fear

Dr. Seth Collings Hawkins is an anthropologist, writer, and physician, double boarded in emergency medicine and EMS and specializing in wilderness medical care. He is an associate professor of emergency medicine at Wake Forest University and the founder of the Carolina Wilderness EMS Externship, a program we will be talking about today. He’s also the editor of Wilderness EMS, the primary textbook for formal wilderness medical operations. He serves as a medical director or advisor for numerous organizations including NC Outward Bound, REI, the National Association for Search & Rescue, the US Forest Service, the National Park Service, multiple wildland fire medical support teams, and many others.

In this episode, we talk about experiential learning, working to be rather than appear to be, swarm teaming as both leader and follower, and much more.

For more lessons about performance when it matters most and applying knowledge under pressure from the emergency department and beyond, check www.emergencymind.com.

You can also find the Emergency Mind book: The Emergency Mind: Wiring Your Brain for Performance Under Pressure at https://www.emergencymind.com/book

EP 95: Dr. Seth Hawkins on Wilderness EMS, Experiential Learning, & Walking the Walk

Gareth Lock, MSc, is a diver, an educator, and an expert in Human Factors and Non-Technical Skills. 

In this episode, we talk though the power of storytelling for learning, building a culture that grows from near misses and learns from mistakes and error, harnessing human and organizational potential, and so much more.

EP 97: Gareth Lock on Counter-Errorism

Psychologist and expert in selection and assessment Dr. Barb Thompson joins the podcast to talk about leadership development, the role of culture in elite performance, controlling the controllables, and much more.

EP 99: Barb Thompson, PhD, on Setting the Stage for Success

Dr. Jeremy Cannon is a Professor of Surgery at the University of Pennsylvania where he serves as the Surgeon Champion for the Penn Medicine-US Navy Trauma Training Partnership. He is a graduate of the US Air Force Academy and Harvard Medical School and holds a Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering from MIT. He served as President of the Excelsior Surgical Society from 2022-2023 and recently edited Edward D. Chruchill’s Surgeon to Soldiers 2024 Edition. With a focus on military health policy, he is now serving as a Veteran Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University.

In this episode of The Emergency Mind Podcast, we talk about military medical readiness and the 'peacetime effect,' examining the steep learning curves experienced in past conflicts and the importance of maintaining and improving readiness in military medical systems. This conversation explores the necessity of military-civilian partnerships, the evolution of trauma care, and the critical need for effective policy. Deep insights here for both military and civilian listeners about optimizing medical readiness and saving lives on and off the battlefield.

Episode 115 - Dr. Jeremy Cannon on Military Medical Readiness and Project 100k

Lessons from emergency medicine and beyond about performing when it matters the most and applying knowledge under pressure.

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