Dr Thurtle is an emergency physician with a post-graduate fellowship in toxicology. She has also worked for Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders) since 2008. She is currently a staff specialist at North West Regional Hospital in Tasmania, where she is the clinical lead for emergency medicine education and training, trauma and toxicology. She lives on a small acreage by the sea with her family and some grumpy chooks.