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As a rescue helicopter doctor for the Canberra region for more than two decades, Associate Professor Andrew Singer has been called on to perform emergency medicine under the most extreme circumstances, including in the middle of paddocks and inside mangled car wrecks. The work left him with a keen appreciation of the tenuous nature of life as he stepped off the helicopter for the last time after his final shift on Saturday. A senior specialist in emergency medicine with Canberra Health Services, Professor Singer has been on an estimated 1000…
