Stuart Braithwaite

Stuart is a doctor experienced in Anaesthetics/Critical Care and Emergency Medicine. 

He studied at the University of Aberdeen before spending his medical elective with the US Coastguard at an Air Station in Alaska. Roles in New Zealand as an Emergency Department registrar and HEMS/SAR crew on the Westpac Helicopter Service followed before returning to the UK at the start of 2018 to become a full-time Doctor and technical Crew (Winch Doctor) aboard Rescue Bond 1, the North Sea Search & Rescue Helicopter based in Aberdeen.

Stuart's expertise is in pre-hospital medicine and maritime search and rescue, and he currently works as a Crew Resource Management (CRM) Trainer (with a strong interest in human factors) and a Pre-Hospital Emergency Care (PHEC) Instructor with Basics Scotland.

He has been involved with the Royal National Lifeboat Institute (RLNI) for twenty years as an All-Weather (ALB) and Inshore Lifeboat Crew (ILB) and held positions on the Scottish and International RNLI Flood Rescue Team and was appointed the RNLI Regional Medical Adviser for Scotland in 2021.

Stuart enjoys running, cycling, and wild swimming in his spare time.