Prometheus People

The people behind Prometheus make up some of the country’s most respected and practised medics in the field of major incident and crisis medicine. Who better to have on your side when planning for or dealing with a medical emergency?
This Primary Medical Support Team has many years expertise of developing and delivering pre-hospital and clinical care in military and civilian situations, in both the UK and overseas.
 

Dr Malcolm Russell

Managing Director

Actively practicing pre-hospital immediate care for over ten years, Dr Russell has served most of his career as a doctor in the British Army working extensively with some of the UK’s most elite military units. He was central in the development of concepts of combat casualty care.  He held the prestigious post of Senior Lecturer in Pre-hospital Emergency Medicine at the UK Royal Centre for Defence Medicine.

As a civilian Dr Russell has worked with several ambulance services including the London Helicopter Emergency Medical Service and been involved in training paramedics and emergency care practitioners.  An experienced GP, Malcolm has also worked in emergency medicine and anaesthetics in a hospital environment.  He has been actively involved in pre-hospital emergency medicine (part of the charity, the Mercia Accident Rescue Service). He has planned and managed medical support to various expeditions including the Army Everest West Ridge expedition, 2006.

Dr Alastair Nicol

Director

Dr Alastair Nicol is an experienced sports physician and pre-hospital care practitioner, with particular expertise in planning and co-ordination of medical support operations, including Humanitarian Assistance operations. He has worked with a wide variety of specialist medical units within the Army and has many years of experience in planning and delivering both emergency and primary health care to some of the UK's most elite soldiers in remote areas around the globe. Dr Nicol is a highly regarded instructor, designing, directing and teaching on a variety of trauma and sports medicine courses in the UK and abroad. His extensive expertise in sports medicine makes him ideal to work with civilian expeditions, outdoor sports and adventure travellers. Dr Nicol has recently been appointed as Head of Medical Services and Doctor for the Scotland team for the Youth Commonwealth Games in India in 2008. He also retains his current commitments as Doctor for the Scotland 'A' rugby team and National Governing Body Doctor for the British Bobsleigh team.

Dr Charles Deakin

Director

Charles is a highly experienced cardiothoracic anaesthetist and pre-hospital care practitioner. He has also worked with London Helicopter Emergency Medical Services and is chairman of his local pre-hospital care scheme. He is well known in the field of resuscitation, holding the prestigious position of co-chairing the International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation's Advanced Life Support Group. He currently advises the Royal National Lifeboat Institute and sits on its Medical and Survival Committee. Dr Deakin is also an internationally respected academic and author of many publications.

Dr David Houston

Director of Operations

Dr Houston has been working in the field of pre-hospital care, remote medicine and expedition planning for the past twelve years.  He served in the British Army until 2007 and deployed to numerous operational environments while serving with a variety of units including with the UK’s elite regiments.  David is a highly experienced General Practitioner and is widely qualified and accomplished in immediate medical care.  He instructs and lectures on medical courses and has provided medical support to a range of events including the Isle of Man TT Races.  He is a highly active responder for the emergency services with Mercia Accident Rescue Service.

Dr Chris Crockford

Technologies Manager 

Chris holds a PhD in Geospatial Rendering Systems from Brunel University and recently obtained a MBA from Lancaster University Management School. He has specialised in archived and live Video and Vision systems and has worked on many contracts in the surveillance and security industries. He also holds a Masters degree in Distributed Networked Systems. Chris was a finalist in 2005 for the Science, Engineering and Technology Awards at the House of Commons. He holds a pilot's licence and has an interest in airborne surveillance technologies, having presented many conference papers on the subject of collaborative surveillance and simulation.

Mr David Preece

Pharmacist 

A pharmacist with 25 years experience, Mr Preece started his career as a Clinical Pharmacist specialising in Cardiology, Palliative Care and Parenteral Nutrition. After ten years he branched into Community Pharmacy but retained his clinical input by becoming the first pharmacist in the UK to run a full anticoagulation clinic. With his experience, he is able to ensure the correct legal and governance aspects relating to the management of drugs and medicines by Prometheus personnel both in the UK and overseas. He is also a 'Responsible Person', allowing us to hold a Home Office Schedule 2 Drug Licence and a Wholesale Dealer's Licence.

Mr Andy Purdie

Senior Lecturer

Andy is an experienced state registered paramedic with particular expertise in Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Medicine where he helped develop new procedures for dealing with casualties in CBRN environments. He is recently retired from the British Army where he served for 21 years as a Combat Medical Technician with the Royal Army Medical Corps serving in a variety of operational theatres, as well as working with UK Special Forces. 

In addition, Prometheus uses an extensive network of Paramedics, Nurses, Emergency Medical Technicians, Intensive Care Doctors and Emergency Medicine Specialists to provide specialist advice, training and consultancy.

This team acts as your specialist medical back up; supporting and empowering you to effectively deliver medical care during emergencies, disasters and major incidents.

Other ways you can benefit from the Prometheus People:

• Deployable Medical Capability - Human Resource Back Up
  A team of internationally respected clinical experts physically supporting you 'in the field' with the management of your major incident, disaster or crisis, whether it be in the UK or in some of the world's most remote or hostile environments. 

• Support through Prometheus' unique 'Reach-back' Facility
  - Telemedicine Support
  - Giving you the capability to communicate via satellite communications directly with a range of UK based, highly skilled and specialist medical consultants. Real-time advice on dealing with the most demanding medical situations, particularly those in remote or hostile environments.