MEET THE SEPTEMBER ATACC FACULTY

We are pleased to introduce our multidisciplinary faculty dedicated to advancing trauma & prehospital care.

Our ATACC faculty consists of clinicians from various medical backgrounds and senior members of the emergency services, military and specialised industries.

Dr Mark Forrest

Consultant in Anaesthetics, Critical Care and Prehospital Care – UK

Mark is also an NHS Associate Medical Director, the Founder of ATACC and has spent more than 25 years tirelessly delivering world-renowned teaching, innovating, simulating and making the impossible seem to happen.

Dr Halden Hutchinson-Bazely

Consultant in Intensive Care Medicine and Pre Hospital Care – UK

Halden, known as Hutch, is the Deputy Medical Director of the ATACC course. He is a Consultant in Intensive Care Medicine and a Fellow in Pre Hospital Care, working at London HEMS. He has developed experience in endovascular resuscitation including REBOA and ECMO, and as well as teaching ATACC, is faculty for the SPEAR course and the EVTM workshop. He is a passionate educator and simulator, with a particular emphasis on decision making and human performance in adversity.
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Dawn Forrest

Hospital Managing Director – UK

Dawn is a Managing Director at an NHS hospital, with 25 years experience of operational management within acute trusts. Her specialist interest is in building effective teams to promote safe patient care.

Chris “Lionel”

Police Medic / Tactical Training Lead

Chris has over 16 years of operational experience as a Tactical Police Medic, serving in specialist covert roles tackling armed crime, organised crime, and counter-terrorism. Moving through the ranks, he has designed and delivered comprehensive medical support plans for numerous high-risk operations.

Within The ATACC Group, Chris is the Tactical Training Lead , while also fulfilling a wide range of responsibilities across the broader operational portfolio.

Alongside this, he serves as Associate Course Director for ATACC, where he applies his extensive leadership skills, operational expertise, and problem-solving ability to advance course delivery and development.

Dr Kate Prior

Anaesthetics and Major Trauma, King’s College Hospital

Kate has recently retired from the Royal Navy after nearly 32 years and is enjoying life as a veteran.

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Neil Mackay

Critical Care Paramedic – UK

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Ted Crosbie

Advanced Clinical Practioner (Emergency Medicine) – UK

Ted has over 25 years experience in prehospital emergency care, with a military and immediate care background. Working in both frontline NHS trusts and advanced trauma care education.

Cat Edgar

 HEMS Paramedic – Ireland

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Dr Eimhear Quinn

Consultant in Emergency Medicine and HEMS Doctor – UK

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Prof. Mike Abernethy

HEMS and Emergency Medicine – United States

Mike began his prehospital adventures in the mid 1970s as a volunteer ambulance attendant for a local funeral home. After several other starter careers (Steelworker, US Army Aviation, Naval Engineer) he eventually earned his MD and finished postgraduate training in Emergency Medicine and Air Medical Transport. With well over three decades under the blades, he is one of the worlds most experienced HEMS physicians.

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Aaron Dunning 

Paramedic – Ireland

Aaron is a Paramedic working in Ireland, advocate for FOAMed, joint simulation & Paramedic practice. He can be found randomly travelling the world for education.

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Dr Lisa Ramage

EM, PHEM and HEMS Doctor – UK

Lisa is an Emergency Medicine and Pre-Hospital Emergency Medicine Doctor working with MAGPAS Air Ambulance and EHAAT and in Addenbrookes Hospital. She is also the applied sciences lead for the Bsc in Pre-Hospital care at QMUL. She has in interest in Pre-Hospital research and education.

Anders Santoft

Anesthesiologist and Intensivist – Sweden

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Neil Collis

Fire Service Trauma Lead & Technical Rescue Instructor – UK

Neil joined the Fire Service 20 years ago and after being stationed at a rescue station he found himself dealing with more and more casualties. He upskilled and provided private ambulance cover and spent a lot of time doing CPD with HART and SWASFT before picking up a training managers role in service.

Dr Marc Scot

Senior Consultant Anesthesiology – Netherlands

After medical school Marc joined the army as Captain-Doctor then completed Anaesthesiology at the VUMC in Amsterdam.

Specialised in, (pre)-hospital Emergency Medicine, Marc now has over 10 years at the Amsterdam UMC, location AMC

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Sandra Rodenburg

Netherlands

Sandra is a nurse with a specialisation in anaesthesia and is also a paramedic on the ambulance in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Sandra is also a member of the Special Operations Response Team (SORT).

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Eva Byrne

Paramedic – UK

Eva is a Paramedic and trainee ACCP in Manchester and is part of the Special Operational Response Team. She is also working for the ATACC Group as a trainer on RTACC, FTACC and TECC courses

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Dan Curtis

Paramedic – UK

Dan’s military background includes roles such as MERT Paramedic with operational experience in austere environments. As a civilian, he works for EMAS and teaches across multiple TAG courses, such as RTACC and TECC.

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Joel Symonds

Advanced Practitioner in Critical Care – UK

Joel works in Edinburgh as part of the Scottish Trauma Network.

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Debbie Rigg

HEMS Critical Care Paramedic – UK

Since joining the North West Air Ambulance in 2015, the time has flown by! Outside of work Deb’s enjoys hiking and the great outdoors.

Prof. Simon Carley

Consultant in Emergency Medicine and Major Trauma – UK

Professor Simon Carley MB ChB, PGDip, DipIMC (RCS Ed), FHEA, FAcadMed, FRCEM, FTACC, MPhil, MD, PhD is a consultant in emergency medicine in Manchester and a HEMS consultant with North West Air Ambulance. He is currently the Dean of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine and an Associate Dean with Health Education England. He is a visiting Professor at Manchester Metropolitan University. Simon also responds as a volunteer with BASICS on the NWPCCC scheme.

He has extensive experience in medical education, with a particular interest in online and social media enabled education through projects such as St Emlyn’s and BestBets.

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Hugh Doran

PHEM, Doctor

Helen Hall

Consultant Anaesthetist

Helen is a consultant anaesthetist now working in mid Cheshire hospital specialising in obstetric and paediatric anaesthesia. Previously trauma and airway surgery at Aintree in Liverpool. 

Susie Abiks

Anaesthetist

Sinead Campbell- Gray

Consultant in Emergency Medicine & HEMS

Our Instructor Candidates (IC’s) are previous candidates whose performance excelled in both the practical scenarios and the assessed elements of the course. They have been nominated by the Faculty and Directors before being invited back to join us as with a view to become future Faculty members of the ATACC Course.

Felipe Urriola

HEMS Doctor

I am a Chilean Doctor with substantial experience in Emergency Medicine and Acute Critical Care. I grew up in Santiago, where I completed medical school and foundation training in 2013. 

During my early medical career, I joined the Chilean Air Force, participated in the UN peace mission in Haiti, flew my first retrieval missions, and underwent core Emergency Medicine training in Chile. My passion for the resuscitation element of EM became evident during this period.

Looking for adventure, in 2020, I moved to the Chilean Patagonia, where I split my time between a rural ED, the Regional Fixed-Wing Retrieval Service, lake swimming, mountain walking, PoCUS development, and creating https://ultra-sono.com/ 

I’ve been living in the UK since 2022, where I’ve worked as an EM/ICM Senior fellow in London, Plymouth, and Nottingham. More recently, I’ve completed a full-time HEMS fellowship with Lincs & Notts Air Ambulance, where I continue to work as a contractor.

Patrick Wenger

Rachel Tresman

Anaesthetic SpR

Rachel is an anaesthetic registrar, starting a HEMS fellowship next year. She is a keen runner and lives and works on the south coast.

Richard Webb

Pediatric ICM Doctor

I am a senior paediatric intensive care trainee in Yorkshire, with interests in major trauma and paediatric emergency medicine. I am also the National Clinical Lead (Children & Young People) for St John Ambulance England and will shortly be starting as a pre-hospital emergency doctor with the East Midlands Immediate Care Scheme. I am faculty for APLS and ALS courses, and I frequently teach about paediatric trauma and pre-hospital paediatrics in various settings, to whoever will listen!

Amy Brennan

EM Doctor

Operations Team

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Danny Ambler

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John Parkinson

Glen Gorman

The Lab & SFX Team

Lucy Preston

Hannah Hall

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Paige Fairhurst

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Molly Isaac-Smith

Prosthetic Makeup Designer for 2 years for the ATACC Group. Having worked in Film and HETV for 5 years, Molly and her team are able to bring the highest quality of Makeup FX to our courses.

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Jasmine Coles

Make-up FX supervisor for ATACC, with 8 years working in the Film and TV industry.

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Joey Wallis-Ralph

During Joey’s career, he has worked for renowned prosthetic designers and toured the UK with Musical Theatre Productions.

Patrycja Nowacka