Respond Global

Ian Norton (MD) is an Emergency Physician, currently managing director of Respond Global a Health emergencies consultancy, previously lead of the Emergency Medical Team Initiative at WHO creating standards for field hospitals and disaster and outbreak medical response teams. He coordinated the medical response for WHO in West African Ebola (including PPE and treatment centre design) and the Nepal Earthquake. Previously he was Director of disaster preparedness and response at Australias National Critical Care and Trauma Response Centre, Darwin and there worked with medical, search and rescue and fire and rescue response teams to improve heat management in tropical conditions while wearing PPE and prevention of heat illness.