About Us   Alexandra Redpath - Managing Director set up R.E.D.I. in 2005 because she wanted to provide the very best in First Aid training not only to healthcare professionals but also to parents and childcare professionals so they can cope with a medical emergency. She has a wealth of experience in Accident & Emergency, Paediatrics and Educational nursing. She is an instructor on the ALS, APLS, EPLS, ILS, PLS and GIC Courses. Alexandra has worked her way up through the dizzy heights of management but her heart has always been in clinical work so she is now working as a Sister in a leading central London Paediatric A&E. Her keen sense of humour and presence allow those who she trains and those who work with her to relax, enjoy and get the very best out of First Aid Training. In her free time she can be found in the West End watching ballet (and dreaming of be able to touch her toes!) or walking her two Labradors.   Dan Harris - Medical Director joined our team 2 years ago, he and Alexandra have worked together since 2000. He is an instructor in ALS, APLS and ATLS. Dan has worked at St Marys Paddington, University College Hospital, the Royal London, Chelsea & Westminster, Ealing, Hillingdon and West Midd A&E departments during his training (that would be most of London main teaching A&E depts.!!), he is now Lead Consultant at Kingston A&E dept. He is band doctor for Feeder, Ash, Fratellis and Muse along with being Medical Advisor to the Hells Angels, Solve-It and several governments’ advisory groups. He is married to a Pantene hair model and has 2 wonderful sons. In his free time he regularly presents, teaches or writes articles!   Gavin is one our most experienced trainers and supports new trainers starting with R.E.D.I. Gavin started his nurse training in Newcastle in 1983 then pursued a career in Accident and Emergency and Aviation Medicine. He currently works part time as a Clinical Site Manager at the large teaching hospital in east London. Gavin is an instructor on ALS, APLS, ILS, PLS and GIC courses and remembers Alexandra when she was a nervous candidate and learning to teach. When not working for R.E.D.I., Gavin flies the world working as a flight nurse repatriating ill and injured travelers. He absolutely loves karaoke but can't sing for toffee!   Ailsa is one of the many R.E.D.I.’s highly qualified trainers. She joined us two years ago, whilst working as a Resuscitation Officer at a central London teaching hospital; she graduated in New Zealand in 1997. Her speciality is adult Cardiac Care. As Mum to Erica who has just turned 1, Ailsa combines her new experiences of being a parent and her professional experience as an acting Specialist Cardiothoracic Nurse trained to teach both Adult and Paediatric Life Support.   Angela joined us last year, comes to R.E.D.I. with years of experience in A&E. She has specialised as an Emergency Nurse Practitioner, working in a large teaching hospital in south London; she regularly teaches medical students and nurses as part of their clinical training. Angela divides her time training for R.E.D.I., working part time and running an active family life with her husband and 2 teenage sons. She regularly contributes to articles on behalf of REDI.   Claudia graduated as a nurse in Sydney, Australia in 2003 where she worked as an A&E nurse. She joined the R.E.D.I. team a year ago and thrives in her role training in Paediatric Life Support and First Aid. Claudia also speaks fluent Spanish. Claudia speaks fluent Spanish and lives in South London where she walks her Rhodesian Ridgeback dog Missy.   Claire trained in South Africa and has practised nursing in Europe and Asia. Claire is a specialist in Intensive Care. Her training has also covered midwifery. She is currently teaching English in China.   Sammer also joined us a year ago. He has specialist experience in Cardiothoracic and Intensive Care Nursing. He is currently undertaking his Emergency Practitioner training in Bath to work alongside the Ambulance service bringing emergency care to the road side. In his free time he works for St John’s Ambulance Service in London attending most major sporting/social events and can be seen racing around town on ‘blues & twos’.   Lizzie started her training in the 60’s at Royal Free Hospital where she featured in a book on how to be a student nurse, wonderful black and white photos of the olden days! She is also a qualified Midwife, completing her training at the Fulham Maternity Hospital (now Parson Green Health Centre). She bicycled around Fulham delivering babies. She currently works part-time in A&E and ITU at 2 leading London Hospitals. Lizzie returned to nursing after bringing up her 3 girls and now enjoys training our parent groups with her ditties of how she managed to bring up her children despite making some mistakes! In her free time she swims and until recently was ranked at 8th in the world for her backstroke (in the under 60s).   Alex has been a member of the REDI team for over 2 years. He has been part of the Resuscitation Training Team within a London hospital. His recent hospital role has included work in an HIV/Oncology Unit and most recently a position as Charge Nurse - Chemotherapy. Alex has also undertaken an in depth microbiology research project. He is a BLS, ILS and ALS Instructor.   Cary joined us this year. Cary trained in the Philippines at the Makait Medical Centre in Manila and started work in Adult ITU; on extend his qualifications he came to the UK and completed a course in Intensive and Critical Care. He is currently working as a staff nurse in Harley Street ITU. He is also an ALS instructor. In his free time, he enjoys creative things, particularly music, art and dancing, seeing places and learning new languages. He will be doing gymnastics fairly soon (we wish him the best of luck)   Valerie joined us this year. Whilst training she specialised in Coronary Care and now works as Cardiac Rehab Sister at North Middx. She also trains on cardiac care courses at universities. For relaxation Valerie likes to spend time with friends and seeing her family in Ireland whenever possible.   Dan joined us this year. Trained at High Wycombe General Hospital, when he qualified he went straight into Intensive Care, before moving to A&E which naturally lead him onto Resuscitation training. He currently works as a Resuscitation Training officer at Chelsea& Westminster. He is a qualified ALS & EPLS instructor. He lives in Kent with his fiancé.