COPD with Sarah Aldington

In this episode Caroline Philips interviews Sarah Aldington; a Consultant Emergency Physician in Sydney, she is also a pre-hospital & retrieval specialist with Sydney HEMS. Sarah formerly worked in respiratory medicine in the UK before studying her PhD in New Zealand focusing on the prevalence of cannabis smoking induced COPD and lung cancer. Whilst in Wellington Sarah established a choir for COPD patients called 'Sing Your Lungs Out (SYLO)'.  In this interview Sarah gives a fantastic insight into advanced lung disease and a patient focused approach to this life limiting illness. Sarah recounts this amazing initiative that took on a life of its own and instilled a community of like minded sufferers. Sarah and Caroline share insightful perspectives on what truly matters to patients and how this initiative changed Sarah's perspectives on her approach to medicine. Please enjoy this episode with a fantastic guest. More on the choir they speak about can be found here: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27650768/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5294022/ https://pcnnz.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Health-Happiness-Community-Gayle-Williams.pdf https://givealittle.co.nz/org/sylo#:~:text=The%20Sing%20Your%20Lungs%20Out,living%20with%20chronic%20lung%20disease.&text=Neighbourhoods%20Fun%20Awareness-,The%20Sing%20Your%20Lungs%20Out%20(SYLO)%20Choir%20is%20a%20community,of%20life%20and%20lung%20function.