OUR TEAM

Belinda Thompson

Belinda grew up in Christchurch, and then went to Otago Medical School. She graduated in 1998, and has since done fellowships in Urgent Care, Rural Hospital Medicine and Medical Management. She has spent most of her career in small emergency departments. She is passionate about resuscitation, and really enjoys teaching such an important subject.

Will Morrish

Will is a registered nurse and anaesthetic technician. He currently works most of his time in theatre and holds a part time role as Resuscitation Co-ordinator at a private hospital in Christchurch.

Will has many years experience in teaching and leadership and enjoys working with health professionals to help them grow confidence in Resuscitation.

Marguerite O'Sullivan

Marguerite is a registered nurse and currently works as a duty nurse leader and emergency department nurse in Ashburton hospital. She has recently completed her post graduate certificate in acute health assessment. She is on the front line dealing with emergency situations every week and is passionate about helping teams navigate their way through these stressful situations.

Kirsty Deans

Most of Kirsty's nursing career has been spent in ICU and ED. She spent 5 years working as a flight nurse in California .  Her real passion is rural nursing and she has recently been working as a PRIME nurse in isolated communities such as Stewart Island, Ranfurly and Oxford.  She recently completed her pathway and is now working as Nurse Practitioner in semi-rural Canterbury . She has extensive experience in leading real emergencies and mentoring other health professionals.

Sally Jarret

Sally is an anaesthetic technician and simulation enthusiast. She has a passion for increasing safety in operating theatres through the use of simulation to increase confidence and knowledge.

Gareth Pratt

Gareth is a medic and registered nurse in the NZDF. His current role sees him coordinating the medical training school at Burnham military base.

He specialises in trauma management and is a wealth of knowledge.

Karyn Lynch

Karyn is our Virtual Assistant (we call her Wonderwoman) -she provides professional administrative & business assistance to us remotely from her home office. She takes care of the behind the scenes bookings, pre-reading, catering and call back systems.