Dr Craig Walker
MBChB FRCEM FFICM
Consultant in Emergency Medicine, NHS Lothian.
Consultant in Intensive Care Medicine, NHS Lothian.
Lead for ED Simulation Training, RIE.
Craig grew up in various parts of Scotland before graduating from Edinburgh University.. After spending his medical elective in Emergency Medicine in Queensland, Australia, further EM posts confirmed that dealing with the big, acute, traumatic, scary stuff was where his interests lay and he joined the South East Scotland Emergency Medicine Training Programme..
He developed an additional passion for Intensive Care Medicine during that time, completed dual training and was appointed as a Consultant in Emergency Medicine and Critical Care.
He has presented at numerous National and International Conferences and Meetings and maintains an active research interest. He was awarded the Scottish Intensive Care Society (SICS) Research Prize for work on lactate clearance in sepsis.
Craig is the Co-Lead for EM Simulation Training. Related work includes the creation and development of the STOP5 Hot Debrief model, an innovative and simple framework that helps teams to support each other and improve their working environments following Resuscitation cases.
