Prof Charles Deakin is Divisional Medical Director for South Central Ambulance Service and a consultant in cardiac anaesthesia and intensive care at University Hospital Southampton.
He is also Honorary Professor of Resuscitation and Prehospital Emergency Medicine at Southampton University where his main academic interests are cardiac arrest, resuscitation and defibrillation.
Charles is a lead author for paramedic, UK and European resuscitation guidelines and is a member of the ILCOR advanced life support working group.
He is active in pre-hospital care, having founded Hampshire & Isle of Wight Air Ambulance and regularly attends incidents with South Central Ambulance Service.