When we find ourselves facing extraordinary challenges, what determines our best chances to succeed? What goes right when things go wrong? In recounting several past rescues in extreme environments, emergency doctor and mountain rescue technician Dr. Renata Lewis gives us “Good Lessons from Bad Places”, an insight into the risks we take in extreme environments through the lens of mountain rescue and the inspiring stories of survivors. She shows us how to rise above and go beyond our own future day-to-day challenges, making the seemingly impossible, possible. Dr. Renata Lewis is an emergency physician, long-time search and rescue technician, guide, and the founder and CEO of Airwolf Medical, a medical and safety consulting company. She has intertwined the fields of cutting-edge medicine, with daring on-the-edge mountain rescues, to-the-edge heliskiing and wilderness guiding, and at-the-edge-of-your-seat TV and Film work as both an onscreen doctor and leading medical safety roles (“Alone”, National Geographic, Madison Square Gardens Entertainment/ Sphere’s “Postcard From Earth”, “SAS: Who Dares Win”), and as a contract helicopter stuntwoman, in TV series and documentaries, and appearing in major product commercials.
As a medical specialist in remote and risky environments, she is also a sought-after advisor to the adventure tourism industry, private organizations, and various government agencies, where she combines her unique combination and breadth of skills with a goal to keep anyone safe, anywhere. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx