ABOUT US

Gui is a Diver Medical Technician and one of Thailand’s most experienced Hyperbaric Chamber operators.

Having worked in Hyperbarics for over 10 years as an operator and as regional manager for Hyperbaric Services Thailand, his long-standing association with local and National medical services has been instrumental in the process of establishing the links between Emergency Medical Services International and Thailand’s medical community . Without his continuous effort, we would not be able to offer the range of services we do.

Matt is an Emergency Medical Technician, with supplemental training in manual defibrillation and Advanced Cardiac Life Support. He has attended numerous courses specialising in Diving Medicine and Medicine in Remote Areas.

His medical career began here on Koh Tao with Sub-aquatic Safety Services as a Diver Medical Technician. During that time and as manager of the remote facility on Tao, it became obvious to him that a pre-hospital call out service was required.

To that end, it was off to South Africa to commence his pre-hospital emergency medical training. After a brief return to Tao it was back to the UK where he was operational in front-line ambulance services. Wishing to return to South-East Asia and Koh Tao to finalise the original plan, he continued his training in the Philippines, with which he retains close links with operational and training services.

Kathy is an Advanced Life Support Paramedic, trained as a Diver Medical Technician and as an Assistant Life Support Technician. In 1994, Kathy commenced her Paramedic training in South Africa, achieving the National Diploma in Ambulance and Emergency Care in 1997.

After a period of remote ambulatory operations and helicopter emergency medical operations, Kathy moved to the Middle East to continue working as a Paramedic. Whilst there she became a Paramedic Team Leader with Jumeirah Group.

Within that role, Kathy was responsible for the establishment and management of EMS operations for Wild Wadi Water Park and the prestigious Burg Al Arab Hotel.

In 2009, Kathy Joined Sub-aquatic Safety Services here in Thailand as an on-call Dive Medic, ultimately becoming their remote outpost co-ordinator for Koh Tao.

Dr. Kerry Simpson (formerly Senior Lecturer at the University of Edinburgh) has a distinctive career as an internationally renowned lecturer and clinician; having lectured in 25 different countries, presenting over 100 hours of lectures per year. 

Kerry is also a widely published scientist having authored, 18 peer reviewed scientific papers, 7 books/book chapters and a further 16 scientific abstracts.   Kerry’s main areas of research have focused on a cardiac condition known as Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy, and Doppler myocardial dynamics in this condition. 

In addition to her academic career Kerry is a keen diver; she is a PADI open water SCUBA instructor, an underwater videographer and an avid Tec diver, being one of the few women from the UK to have dived to over 100m.

Maike studied medicine in Germany for 6 years and achieved her medical license at the end of 2010. Following this she worked as a doctor in Trauma Surgery for two years in the ER and then in the Department for Anaesthesia. This included advanced airway management, anaesthetics and handling the patients during surgery and pain management on the patient's return to ward.

Maike came to Koh Tao in 2016, pursuing her ambition to travel through Southeast Asia. It was here that she discovered a new love and passion. . . Diving!

Now an SSI divemaster, Maike combines her passion for both medicine and diving by teaching the Diver Medical Responder programme and Medicine in Remote Areas, with plans to further expand her knowledge in dive-medicine and to work as a dive medic in remote areas and on expeditions.

Chris is a Diver Medical Technician and regularly deals with diving related injuries for Subaquatic Safety Services Recompression Chamber Network and holds regular lectures for dive resorts in the region to raise awareness of diving medical matters on their behalf.

He is also a member of Surat Thani Rescue, involved with the pre-hospital management of trauma victims on Koh Tao

Chris has also been involved with the diving industry for over 15 years, working around the world. To date, as an instructor, he has taught over 1,200 diving courses at all levels.

Prior to making a full time move and a career change toward diving and hyperbaric medicine, Chris worked for BMW in both the UK and Australia as an events driver and regularly pursues his passion for motorcross in Thailand's national parks.

Lee is a former British Special Forces Operative and highly experienced security consultant.

The majority of his medical experience has been centred around the treatment of trauma casualties as an operator medic, whilst 'in-theatre'.

Recently deployed to Afghanistan for 4 years conducting operational intelligence mentoring operations with Afghan National Security Forces for the US Government, Lee has a strong ability to train students from all walks of life, regardless of nationality.

As part of his former role, Lee spent many years conducting diving operations as a Combat Swimmer, Maritime Counter Terrorism Diver and Swimmer Delivery Vehicle (SDV Midget Submarine) Pilot/Navigator.

Matt is a Senior Lecturer in paramedic science with Oxford Brookes University and takes a leading role in a number of aspects of the programme. His research interests include ambulance systems in developing countries and examining patient experience. His current research includes a mixed methods project considering the question of what people expect from a paramedic intervention.

Matt also led Project Novo, a professional development project to improve the standard of pre-hospital care in Penang, Malaysia.

Matt has worked in a variety of social care and justice settings. He is a former Social Worker for the New Zealand Child Youth and Family Services, Constable in South Australian Police and prior to working with us and with Oxford Brookes University, he was Paramedic in South Australia for nearly a decade.

With his diverse background, Matt's future interests are focused on  researching the professional development and impact of paramedic practice with a worldwide focus.