The Pathophysiology of Drowning with Prof Mike Tipton

In this conversation, we will be looking at the current
guidelines on the pre-hospital management of drowning and the
academic research that underpins these principles. We will
explore the epidemiology of drowning and examine patient outcomes
as a group. We will also discuss the important wider efforts in
public awareness and prevention.


To do this, we have Mike Tipton with us. Mike is a household name
in the surf lifesaving community and is one of the leading UK
academics on drowning. He currently leads the extreme
environmental laboratory at the University of Portsmouth. He has
spent over 40 years working in thermoregulation, environmental
and occupational physiology. This includes as a survival and
thermal medicine consultant to the RAF and UK Sport. He has been
heavily involved in the RNLI for many years, as a consultant
advisor to the medical directorate. In 2018 he was awarded an MBE
for services to physiological research in extreme
environments.