Care Under Fire

May 09 2024
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Hosted by an Australian Army Veteran, Care Under Fire Podcast tells the stories of inspiring individuals who have provided good medicine in bad places. In this series, Em speaks with health professionals who have served in war, humanitarian, disaster relief and austere environments both domestically and abroad. By telling the stories of these individuals the series hopes to begin to document the evolution of modern medicine, inspire clinicians to push their practice to the next level and increase the general public’s knowledge of what it is we do. [email protected]

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Tom, Veteran and former Military Psychologist

May 09 2024 61 mins  
Today on Care Under Fire I chat with Tom, former military psychologist and intelligence officer who served in the Australian Army for 22 years. Tom specialised in critical incident mental health support and deployed to East Timor and Afghanistan six times from 2009-2012. His story, marked with personal tragedy demonstrates that no one is immune to post-traumatic stress and highligh

Bahaa Alasady, Iraqi Interpreter & The War Against ISIS

Mar 21 2024 54 mins  
Today on Care Under Fire I catch up with Bahaa Alasady. Bahaa was born in Iraq and worked as a coalition interpreter during the ISIS uprising. His story highlights the vital role of the interpreter in medical, training and partner force missions and the violent realities of living in Baghdad. Bahaa has since migrated to Australia and is studying nursing.

Roneel Chandra Nurse Practitioner

Mar 19 2024 51 mins  
Today on Care Under Fire I catch up with Roneel Chandra, Chands has had an extensive military nursing career spanning 22 years and has served with the Army, Special Operations and the Navy. He shares some wisdom for new ADF nurses as he recounts his experiences including being in a Blackhawk crash landing on an AME mission in Afghanistan, to providing humanitarian aid in Fiji and t

Jack Dear Paramedic and Frontline Medics Ukraine

Nov 27 2023 63 mins  
Today I chat with Jack Dear, current ACT paramedic who recently deployed with the NGO, Frontline Medics to assist with the evacuation and treatment of civilian casualties in Ukraine. Jack discusses his early career as an Army Bushmaster crew commander and how his deployment to Afghanistan left him feeling underprepared in managing trauma casualties. Jack later sought further educat

Howard Roby, CSM, RAAF retrieval Veteran, Anaesthetist, and Intensivist

Nov 11 2023 50 mins  
Today I chat with Doctor Howard Roby, CSM. Howard is a specialist in Anaesthesia and Intensive care and after gaining aeromedical retrieval skill in Australia joined the RAAF reserve as part of the Military Critical Care Air Transport Service (MCAT). Howard recounts some of the critically ill patients he retrieved over the subsequent 15 years he worked on call for MCAT, from milita

Jody Tieche Veteran Voodoo Medic

Nov 02 2023 56 mins  
Today I catch up with Jody Tieche, former special forces medic, Timor and Afghanistan veteran and now remote area paramedic. Jody recounts his experiences in the early part of the Australian Afghanistan campaign that saw a change in tactics due to the rise of improvised explosive devices and his experience under fire treating Chad Elliot who was shot in the femur by a 7.62mm round.

Mark Mathieson, Veteran & former Army Psychologist

Oct 24 2023 82 mins  
Today I chat with Mark Mathieson, former military psychologist and veteran of East Timor, Iraq and Afghanistan. Mark shares some fascinating insights as we discuss the role of an Army Special Forces psychologist, to some of the moral challenges of organisation psychology in the military to life post the military and his work as a production psychologist for reality TV.Lifeline 13 1

Ben Flynn Army Reserve Medic and Police Officer

Oct 09 2023 51 mins  
On today’s episode of Care Under Fire I chat all things reserve medic with Ben Flynn. We discuss how through a few short courses the Army transforms someone with no medical background into a medic who can provide advanced first aid and trauma care in remote environments. Ben recalls his experiences deployed in the Solomon Islands and picking up asylum seekers whilst on boarder pr

Andy Brayshaw, Combat Medic on Falklands, Iraq, Croatia & Bosnia

Sep 28 2023 59 mins  
Today I chat with Andy Brayshaw, former combat medic with 43 years’ experience in both the British and Australian Army serving in the Falklands war, Iraq, Croatia and Bosnia. Andy recounts being wounded and treating combat casualties when his troop land ship, the Sir Galahad was hit by an Argentine air strike in the Falklands through to the CBRN threat in the First Gulf War to hi

Jess “Doc” Rychlewski, Vietnam veteran & medic

Sep 23 2023 110 mins  
In today’s episode of Care Under Fire it’s a real privilege to chat with Jess Rychlewski, former Army medic and Vietnam Veteran. Jess recounts his experiences as a patrol medic during a 13 month deployment with Charlie Company 2RAR in Vietnam in 1970. Post Vietnam, Jess continued to serve for 20 years full time and 10 years after that as a reserve medic.Lifeline 13 11 14, Open