MB BS, Dip IMC and RTM RCS(Ed), FACEM, FCICM, PGDipCU, PGDip Palliative Medicine
Matt is an intensive care specialist with a diverse background spanning emergency medicine, prehospital and retrieval medicine, and palliative care. He founded South Australia’s MedSTAR Emergency Medical Retrieval Service, co-authored a highly regarded case-based textbook, and has held senior teaching, academic and examining roles in prehospital and retrieval medicine, both nationally and internationally.
With a longstanding focus on high-performance teams working in high-acuity, high-consequence environments, Matt has in recent years turned towards palliative and end-of-life care — completing a Master’s degree at Cardiff University and working within the hospice setting. He is passionate about preventing avoidable suffering and improving end-of-life outcomes for patients in acute care. It is this combination of focus and broad experience that led him to establish Emergency Last Aid (ELA), the educational program he now directs and on which this keynote is based