Stephen Hearns MB ChB FRCEM FRCS FRCP FRGS DIMC DRTM

Stephen is a Consultant with Scotland’s Emergency Medical Retrieval Service. This aeromedical retrieval service delivers pre-hospital critical care for major trauma patients, rural hospital secondary retrievals and major incident responses. Inspired by experience gained working on London’s air ambulance and in Queensland Australia, Stephen led the establishment of this team from a small voluntary service in 2004 to what is now a fully government funded aeromedical retrieval organisation with an international reputation.

Stephen has published a number of papers and book chapters relating to emergency medicine and pre-hospital care. He also led the team establishing the Diploma in retrieval and transfer medicine for the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. He developed and contributes to the organisation of the annual UK retrieval conference. Stephen is an Honorary Senior Lecturer in the University of Glasgow.

He has been an active voluntary member of Arrochar mountain rescue team for 20 years and holds the Mountain Leader Award. Stephen acted as medical officer on seven international expeditions in mountain, desert, jungle and arctic environments before establishing the first expedition medicine course in the UK.

Mike “H” Henson

Having spent 16 years in the Royal Navy as aircrew, Mike has operated is some of the harshest environments on earth. During this time he conducted anti-piracy operations, anti submarine operations, delivered humanitarian aid and conducted search and rescue.

Since leaving the military, he has served as a helicopter paramedic/winchman for Bristow Helicopter as part of the UKSAR organisation. 

Mike’s has a huge interest in human factors in prehospital care and is currently working towards an MSc in human factors with patient safety at Loughborough University; he also enjoys coaching and mentoring future paramedics and SAR winchman.

His spare time (which isn’t much) is spent with his wife and 3 children. 

Jimmi Ronaldson

James qualified as a Psychiatric Nurse in 2000. He helped establish an Early Onset Psychosis Unit at Lambeth Hospital, London. In 2002 with gentle persuasion from his wife he moved to Scotland where he completed his conversion course to be dual qualified. The vast majority of his post-registration experience has been in emergency nursing.

Prior to joining the Emergency Medical Retrieval Service (EMRS) in 2013 he was working as an Emergency Nurse Practitioner/Charge nurse in a busy inner city Hospital. James has completed a number of external courses in adult, paediatric and neonatal pre-hospital and in-hospital critical care.

He has an MSc in Advancing Nursing Practice from Glasgow Caledonian University and a diploma in retrieval and transfer medicine from Edinburgh's Royal College of Surgeons. He has a growing interest in human factors and point of care ultrasound (POCUS).

Cheryl Logan

Cheryl is a Paramedic with the Glasgow Air Ambulance Division. In addition to clinical duties, this role includes operating as a Technical Crew Member on the H145 helicopter, fixed wing air transfers on the King Air and managing trauma asset response in Ambulance Control.

Prior to graduating as a Paramedic from the University of Northampton in 2012, Cheryl was a Medic in the Royal Air Force. During her five years of service, she deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan in various roles ranging from strategic aeromedical evacuation to tactical aeromed as part of the front line Medical Emergency Response Team (MERT) on Merlin and Chinook helicopters.

She often hears how well suited to helicopter work she is. This is entirely down to her being half the height of the average adult, allowing the pilot to take on an extra 20 mins of fuel.

Major Sophie Jeffreys

Sophie is an Emergency Medicine and Pre-Hospital Emergency Medicine trainee. After completing a six-week student select component with Essex and Herts Air Ambulance in 2010 she has continued to develop an interested in PHEM, leading to a national PHEM training post this year with the Emergency Medical Retrieval Service in Glasgow.

Sophie worked in British Forces Cyprus as part of the blue light matrix and deployed to Iraq after joining the Defence Medical Services. During this time completed BASICS PHEC course and Diploma in Immediate Medical Care, before returning to Emergency Medicine training.

She has a keen interest in teaching as an ALS, MIMMS and BATLS instructor, alongside improving clinical knowledge through research. Sophie has published work in areas including documentation in non-traumatic cardiac arrest, supplemental oxygen, supervision of isolated PHEM practitioners and the changing scope of practice of British Forces Cyprus ambulance service.