HEMS Debrief - Retrieval and Pre-Hospital Medicine #7. Dr Stephen Hearns - Peak Performance

G'day, and welcome back.  Pre-hospital clinicians are used to working under pressure. Teams work in often austere environments, with limited resources caring for some of the most severe patient pathologies at their most undifferentiated.  Within all this, individuals and teams must perform at their peak. But this is easier said than done. So how, in this most niche of clinical areas, can an individual, a team and an organisation promote, harness and maintain peak performance? Dr Stephen Hearns is an Emergency and Pre-Hospital Physician from Glasgow, Scotland. Stephen has spent most of his career working out-of-hospital, both in the UK and around the world. Throughout, Stephen has reflected on his own journey of peak performance, and has dedicated more recent years to the study and deep dive into what contributes to an individual and team functioning most highly in the pre-hospital space.  In this episode, we discuss Stephen's research and published work to inform this topic. Stephen has spent time with other peak-performing groups including but not limited to Armed Forces and sporting teams, and has developed a package of learning to inform daily optimal performance. We talk about communication strategies, cognitive aids, team selection and organisational leadership - all of which, and more, contribute to peak performance.  This episode is a must-listen for all pre-hospital clinicians intent on optimising their attainment, that of the team and that of their organisation.    Learn more here: https://corecognition.co.uk/   Chat soon!