Paul Featherstone

Biography

TOPICS: MC, LEADERSHIP, MOTIVATION, INSPIRATION
Paul Featherstone is the “Legendary” Ambulance Paramedic – renowned for his work in the rescue of Stuart Diver in the Mt Thredbo disaster, the Granville Train Disaster and the Beaconsfield Mine Rescue.

Paul Featherstone was the paramedic who psychologically held Diver’s hand for 12 hours until he was freed from his concrete tomb after the disastrous Thredbo landslide in 1997. During the three-day ordeal the rescuers had little rest or sleep and Paul was seen as going beyond what anyone could expect in giving the sole survivor the best possible care and support during the extrication Paul Featherstone is really a unique individual. He has spent the last 30 years perfecting skills in the recovery and care of people in life threatening situations.

He conceived and developed the Special Casualty Access Team (S.C.A.T.) in 1986, and has since been a team leader in developing patient access methods and high levels of care under hostile environments.

Paul Featherstone has developed unique training methods in high-risk areas based on “real world” experience, with emphasis on self-motivation and teamwork. Paul’s specific skills and experience are from heart attacks in domestic environments to severe multiple victim industrial accidents; and he has been at the forefront of literally thousands of emergency situations.Twice the recipient of the Ambulance Service’s highest award for bravery, the Distinguished Service Medal as well as the Australian Bravery Medal, the Humane Society’s bronze, silver and gold medals and the Prince Phillip Helicopter Rescue Award, Paul Featherstone is a man who can be depended on.
Based in NSW – travels everywhere