• Question: Will your work save a large amount of lives?

    Asked by anon-224939 to Simon, Selen, Paul, Nawapat, Natalie, Katy on 14 Nov 2019. This question was also asked by anon-225580.
    • Photo: Natalie Fowler

      Natalie Fowler answered on 14 Nov 2019:

      I can’t say that if Critical Care Scientists didn’t exist, that more people would die because I don’t know whether that is true. What I do know is that our patients get the best possible care because of all the specialists working together. Lives are definitely saved by our machines and the therapies that we give, and it is safer to have experts like us using them on a regular basis.

    • Photo: Paul Laurance-Young

      Paul Laurance-Young answered on 14 Nov 2019: last edited 14 Nov 2019 10:08 pm

      It’s the NHS! There are a huge number of people working in healthcare, all interdependent on each other and working (very successfully!) to save lives and improves lives every day.

    • Photo: Nawapat Kaweeyanun

      Nawapat Kaweeyanun answered on 17 Nov 2019:

      Not any time soon, but if my work helps us discovery that Ganymede is a habitable planet, then perhaps we can move humans there if our Earth becomes too difficult to live.

    • Photo: Katy Bruce

      Katy Bruce answered on 18 Nov 2019:

      It’s hard to say at the moment as my research is in its infancy but hopefully it will help to save lives in the future. It won’t save lives in a direct way though, like a surgeon would, it’s more of an indirect benefit. For example, if my method were integrated into forensic practice in the future then it could help to convict more murderers which would stop them from killing further. It may also help in that it prevents miscarriages of justice, which can shatter lives. Whether or not it will save “a large amount of lives” remains to be seen…I certainly hope so.

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