A review of the World Extreme Medicine 2023 conference by our very own, Dr Abbey Wrathall. An event with lots of exciting speakers and workshops.

Dr Lydia Potter / Junior Clinical Fellow Emergency Medicine and Paediatrics / Bangor Dr Klara Weaver / Locum Acute and Emergency Medicine Doctor / Inverness Dr Constance Osborne / Locum Emergency Medicine Doctor / Bristol Contents Introduction and Collaborators Global Health and Humanitarian Medicine Section Expedition and Wilderness Medicine Section Want to get involved? At last, the crocuses are out […]

Dr Katharine Ganly shares her experiences and advice from working as a medical officer with the British Antarctic Survery Medical Unit.

Dr Hannah Lock / Emergency Medicine Senior Clinical Fellow & Portfolio Doctor / Ysbyty Gwynedd, Wales  Dr Hannah Lock is a Senior Clinical Fellow in Emergency Medicine at Ysbyty Gwynedd, Bangor. Since 2018 she has also worked as an Expedition Doctor, specialising in high-altitude environments, and has been involved in medical research on three high-altitude research expeditions. Hannah is part […]

Doctor Katharine Ganly shares her experience of the Senior Clinical Fellowship in Pre-Hospital Emergency Medicine at Ysbyty Gwynedd, Bangor, where she worked with both air and ground pre-hospital teams as well as managing everything from mountain trauma to snake bites in the ED.

Dr Amy Collyer jumped at the opportunity to work in emergency medicine in Zululand, driving 10 hours across South Africa to get there. Here she writes about a 19-hour ‘call’ shift for Adventure Medic, giving an insight into the typical patients, and problems, a rural South African hospital faces.

Your quarterly AM Team recommendations. This time it is about the movie ‘Bear Island’, the book ‘Mountain Rescue Doctor’ and the podcast ‘Wilderness Medicine Podcast, Medic SOS’

As a final-year medical student with a keen interest in Trauma surgery, applying for a medical elective in South Africa was an obvious choice for Rasa. In this elective report, he reflects on a 5-week rotation with the Trauma unit at The Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital in Johannesburg,and what he’s taken forward to his foundation years.

Dr Ishani Rao reviews her amazing week on Endeavour Medicals Marine Medicine Course in North Cornwall. Book your place now for 2024.

Dr Rogier Steins / Team Physician elite athletes / General Practitioner / Utrecht, the Netherlands How do you become a team physician? The most common route to become a team physician is to specialise in sports and exercise medicine first. Since 2014 sports medicine is an acknowledged specialisation in the Netherlands. It takes 4 years of specialty training and there […]