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Cliff Reid educates the audience on structured teaching of crisis resource management. Cliff works for Sydney HEMS in extreme conditions. The environment tries to kill them, and the patients try to die. He works in a big team, with a lot of the doctors never having worked in prehospital care. The team covers a huge area, completing many missions every year on both fixed wing and rotary wing platforms as well as road ambulances. Every case is scrutinised, both formally and informally. When things go wrong, it is rarely due to the clinical factors alone and often due to non-technical skills. These skills are discussed often but not taught in a structured way. Cliff presents the Zero Point Survey. A magical window before touching the patients where planning can start for when things go wrong and what can be done about it. It is as simple as STEPUP: Self, Team, Environment, Patient, Update and Prioritise. Self – get you head in the zone. Checklist’s can be useful for both physical and psychological safety and pre