Emergency & aeromedical consultant. Arrochar Mountain Rescue. Book - Peak Performance Under Pressure
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3 years,the odd late night,multiple revisions & a few tantrums later,its finally here
Peak Performance Under Pressure is now available on #Amazon
Own the Pressure & The Arc of Performance
Thank you to everyone for their support in getting me here
amazon.co.uk/dp/1859598560/r…
Teams in high pressure situations perform more effectively with a shared & accurate mental model
However, if we were to press a pause button & ask each person what their mental model is we would get very different personal mental models, in exactly the same situation
Here’s why
Stephen Hearns retweeted
Using checklists has strangely been seen as a sign of weakness in the fire brigade.
But would you really prefer relying on memory in a high-pressure moment?
Or ensuring every critical step is covered—every single time?
Checklists aren't cheating. They're professional.
Many see pre-procedural checklists solely as a tool for checking equipment
In EMRS we monitored the heart rate of clinicians during our pre-anaesthetic checklist. 100% of clinicians experienced a fall in heart rate
Here's why....
CoreCognition.co.uk
Many see pre-procedural checklists solely as a tool for checking equipment
In EMRS we monitored the heart rate of clinicians during our pre-anaesthetic checklist. 100% of clinicians experienced a fall in heart rate
Here's why....
CoreCognition.co.uk
We’re running the first Performance Under Pressure course in Ireland
Mater Hospital Dublin 18th October
corecognition.co.uk/ireland2…
Core Cognition is returning to Australia.
Performance Under Pressure Course Adelaide 1st and 2nd December 2025.
This course is already half full. Only 10 places remaining.
corecognition.co.uk/performa…
Stephen Hearns retweeted
emj.bmj.com/content/39/3/168. For every 72 people waiting 8-12 hours before admission there is one additional death within 30 days.
Last year 14,000 people died needlessly from 12+ hour waits in A&E 😳
That’s not like road fatalities, where modern life means sadly there’ll always be some. That’s a number that should & could be zero. Extraordinary nugget from @RCollEM in @thetimes by @cazjwheeler @Ben_Spencer
Pleased to be part of this study and publication on the value of mental rehearsal in improving performance in high pressure situations.
Great work by the team in Germany following one of our Core Cognition performance under pressure courses.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.…
Stephen Hearns retweeted
Many thanks to @StephenHearns1 for making time to share the incredible work of the Emergency Medical Retrieval Service (EMRS) and how it can support serious trauma events with the Lomond MRT. To find out more:
emrsscotland.org/
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This looks odd but is actually great prep. All high pressure practitioners think about this. Read @StephenHearns1 about mental preparation and imagery/simulation for improving accuracy and performance in high pressure moments. Comes from A&E /pre-hospital care as well as sport
This just arrived. Packed with high performance information and references. Looks like an excellent resource.
Mental visualisation is a powerful tool for performance in high pressure situations. It is particularly useful in preparing ourselves for HALO tasks.
React more quickly, complete the task faster and have less errors.
CoreCognition.co.uk
20th anniversary celebrations for @EMRSscotland starring our very own @AnneCadman
20yrs of aeromedical retrieval caring for the critically ill in Scotland’s remote communities & providing prehospital critical care for major trauma patients at the site of their accidents
Stephen Hearns retweeted
Bryony has made an astonishing contribution to prehospital medicine, with an impact across the world. Thank you @BryonyDunne for this stellar contribution, as you move on from @LDNairamb to an exciting new venture. We’ll all miss you terribly but so proud to know you. 🤗😎🥰
A pleasure to speak to the students of @PHMMSc Masters in Pre-hospital care this morning.
We discussed memory under pressure, decision making, task execution, simulation, drilling and mental visualisation in relstion to high pressure prehospital scenes.
At #TacTrauma24 I talked about preparing for high performance in high pressure situations.
Preserve you cognitive capacity through drilling, mental visualisation and emergency actions cards.
A 2 minute video on the Performance Pizza model
5th anniversary of the publication of Peak Performance
So pleased that the book has been of interest in medicine, policing, fire fighting, the military, veterinary medicine, SAR and business settings
Grateful for the opportunities the book has opened up for me personally
3 years,the odd late night,multiple revisions & a few tantrums later,its finally here
Peak Performance Under Pressure is now available on #Amazon
Own the Pressure & The Arc of Performance
Thank you to everyone for their support in getting me here
amazon.co.uk/dp/1859598560/r…
Just booked The Social Hub in Glasgow City Centre for the Resuscitation Performance course
Brand new hotel & events venue in Glasgow city centre. Ideal for Core Cognition courses
CoreCognition.co.uk thesocialhub.co/glasgow/
Last night’s bothy
@clydesidewhisky very fitting as 20th anniversary of @EMRSscotland this month. The distillery is next to our original heliport and retrieval base
