Episode Intro
Dr Paul Luckin is an anaesthetist with a very unique background.
As an authority on human survivability, he’s a medical advisor to the Police Search and Rescue teams and the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA), providing time-frames for human survival during Search and Rescue operations.
He teaches the medical aspects of Search and Rescue and is on the directing staff of the National Police Search and Rescue Managers Course.
A humble and highly trained specialist clinician and expert in search and rescue, he has served as a Captain in the Royal Australian Naval Reserve in Bougainville, East Timor, in the Resuscitation and Retrieval Team for the victims of the first Bali bombing, and in the first foreign medical team into Banda Aceh following the 2004 tsunami, and much, much more.
In 2015, he was made a Member of the Order of Australia, AM, for significant service to the community through emergency medicine, and he joins me here in part 1 of our conversation, episode 13.
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Key episode takeaways
- No. 1 = Plan to survive. As you go about your planning and packing, frame each decision with your survival in mind.
- The expertise at work behind-the-scenes of a search and rescue operation
- Importance of Personal Locator Beacons
- Don’t adventure solo
- Always tell someone where you’re going
Links and resources
https://www.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au/safety/bushwalking-safety/think-before-you-trek
Transcript
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Thanks to
Sponsor // Paddy Pallin
Rescued Podcast main photo // Ben Cirulis and fotografija.com.au
