# Ep 277 - Cognitive HALOs and Advanced Simulation Training with Halden Hutchinson-Bazely at BASICs 2025

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Podcast: [The St.Emlyn’s Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-st-emlyn-s-podcast-1081388)
Published: 2025-12-06T02:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://www.stemlynspodcast.org/e/ep-277-cognitive-halos-and-advanced-simulation-training-with-halden-hutchinson-bazely-at-basics-2025/
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Duration seconds: 1559

## Resource

Recorded at the BASICS Conference 2025, Iain talks with Haldon “Hutch” Hutchinson-Basley about the idea of a “cognitive HALO” — those rare moments where your mental bandwidth hits maximum power. Hutch describes a traumatic cardiac arrest he encountered alone, with no warning and no crewmate to share the load. He explains how he recognised cognitive overload and used simple strategies — “lighting a flare”, “norming the abnormal”, and dropping tasks he couldn’t safely achieve — to regain decision-making space. The discussion links this experience to his work on the ATACC course and the emerging SPEAR programme, exploring how realistic, human-centred simulation prepares clinicians to function when the stakes and stress are highest. MedPod Learn turns trusted FOAMed podcasts into structured CPD, adding concise learning notes, single-best-answer questions, and role-specific reflection prompts to thousands of episodes. Everything you do — listening time, MCQs, reflections — is saved automatically and downloadable in one click for appraisal. The app is free to download, with a one-month trial of the full learning tools. Just search MedPod Learn on the App Store or Google Play.

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