As the Managing Director of Medical Rescue, you oversee the company’s work; do you also have time to go on rescue and care missions in your capacity as a doctor?
Managing serious injuries in a remote, often dark and freezing cold environment with a committed team of professional ski patrollers is extremely rewarding
I definitely used to work on the aircraft and in the mountains but, over the years, I have shifted my focus increasingly into supervisory and coordination roles. It is difficult to maintain the clinical skills needed when you spend most of your time in a senior management role, and you need to acknowledge where your strengths lie. For me, this is in understanding the challenges of remote or deployable health, and building the systems to support those patients and clinicians who are out there in the field.
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