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Thinking of a Polar-based medical career?

Thinking of a Polar-based medical career?

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Join us in the stunning Southern Alps of New Zealand for an action-packed week of Polar & Expedition Medicine. This world-renowned practical 6-day course gives you the opportunity to experience and become fully immersed in a polar environment first hand, where you’ll travel by ski, snowshoes and dogsled as well as experience an overnight stay in your own carefully constructed snow shelter.

Led by our expert team, all of whom bring a phenomenal amount of expertise and knowledge of polar and high-altitude environments, you’ll learn the essential expedition medical skills required to care for and treat illnesses and injuries likely to occur in this harsh environment.

The course aims to enable attendees to:

  • Increase their knowledge about Polar Medicine and learn the essentials of polar travel, survival and cold weather medicine while immersed in a polar environment
  • Acquire and develop specific survival skills applicable to Polar Medicine
  • Develop leadership and decision making skills required when working in resource-limited environments
  • Enhance knowledge and skills relating to understanding, diagnosing and treating cold weather and altitude illnesses and injuries when presented
  • Understand and develop the non-technical skills required for Polar Medicine and Expeditions in general, such as leadership and decision making skills, teamwork and being able to work together in an under-resourced austere environment

What will l learn on the Polar Medicine course?
Through hands-on workshops and scenarios, this highly practical course is supported by a comprehensive curriculum of cold weather and altitude medicine, taught through lectures and fully immersive workshops. You’ll cover a range of topics, such as avalanche awareness, basic navigation, primary survival in the wilderness, pre-expedition planning as well as shelter construction and cold water immersion and hypothermia, all preparing you for work, expeditions and micro-adventures in polar and high-altitude environments.

Who would benefit from attending this course?
Expedition medicine offers an exciting combination of medical practice and the outdoors, so any health professional who is involved in medicine in the outdoors and is interested or considering accompanying a cold weather expedition would benefit the most. If you are willing to think and work outside the box this is a great course for you.

With the role of an expedition medic requiring many skills, our Polar Medicine course offers the perfect opportunity to learn new skills and enhance your basic expedition knowledge as well as focus on key cold weather and high-altitude survival skills in the extreme.

Mark Hannaford, Managing Director & Founder of World Extreme Medicine (WEM) said: “This course gives attendees the opportunity to challenge themselves in a real-life extreme environment, a polar setting is dramatically different from anywhere else on earth.

Our expert team of medics, logisticians and SAR professionals will be combining lectures, workshops and discussions with lots of hands-on experience to give course participants vital insight into the preparation required for an expedition as well as the ability to cope under pressure and perform to the best of their ability in an austere and resource-limited environment.

From this course, they can go anywhere. They could provide medical support for scientists working in Antarctica, become a medic on a polar expedition or with more training go on to work in other exciting areas and austere environments.”

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Where else in the world could you receive such hands-on experience, be part of a unique learning experience and have an adventure of a lifetime. To find out more and to experience our Polar Medicine course for yourself, please click here.

Take your EXTREME medical career to the next level – book your place today!

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Polar Medicine in the Arctic Circle

Polar Medicine course heads to the Arctic Circle…

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With WEMski in the Italian Alps just around the corner, another group of doctors and medical professionals is soon to be heading to the cold extremes of Alta, a town in the far north of Norway, to learn medicine and survival skills that will help them on future expeditions in polar conditions.

The course has been developed for medical professionals, expedition and wilderness medics working in cold and high-altitude environments, and will run from the 4th – 10th March 2018 near Alta in Northern Norway

The Polar Medicine course aims to use the winter evenings to cover the essential expedition medical skills required to care for and treat injuries and illnesses likely to occur in this harsh environment, whilst the days are spent in the field, learning practical skills.

The course takes place over seven days and nights, and participants will encounter challenges such as shelter construction, cold water immersion and navigation. At the same time, they will learn about common cold temperature conditions such as frostbite, hypothermia and plan for these eventualities.

London-based Matt Edwards, a senior Emergency Department doctor and pre-hospital physician in Kent, Surrey and Sussex, will lead the group. He has experience of medicine in cold extremes, having spent a couple of seasons providing medical cover to scientists with the British Antarctic Survey, and supported Across the Divide Arctic dog sled expeditions.

Matt said, “With the pressures on NHS doctors and nurses constantly increasing, the polar medicine course gives medical professionals an opportunity to experience working outside of a hospital environment, in conditions that are hostile to humans.

“While the skills that they learn in Norway equip them to support expeditions into the Arctic and Antarctic regions for science, exploration or industry, we find that the attendees’ learnings serve them well on their return to clinical environments in the UK.

“The course focuses on treatment of medical conditions and situations that are common in the polar regions, but within a framework that teaches attendees survival skills in austere conditions. Doctors have to experience the challenges of moving around and living in the freezing cold in order to be useful expedition medics in these areas.”

The fact that this course is useful to hospital medicine has been recognised by the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, which awards 30 Continued Professional Development points to attendees.

Mark Hannaford, founder of World Extreme Medicine, said, “This course gives attendees the chance to test themselves in a real-life extreme environment, possibly for the first time in their careers.

“Every extreme medic starts somewhere, and we may just find that the week in Norway ignites the expeditionary spark in some of the attendees.

“From there, they can go anywhere. They could provide medical support for scientists working in Antarctica, or with more training go on to work in other exciting areas such as deserts, high mountains or in conflict zones.”

The next instalment of the World Extreme Medicine Polar Medicine course takes place in New Zealand 22nd – 27th July in New Zealand.

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Calling snow-loving doctors!

Mark HannafordAdventure, Antarctica, Arctic Medicine, Expedition Medicine, polar medicine

Life-changing opportunity for a physician to deploy to the North Poleutmb-Polar-Ops-Side-Banner_2 with the US Center for Polar Medical Operations (CPMO).

You’ll need to be a US citizen, have a US medical licence, hold a valid passport and not averse to the cold, the snow and the dark!  In return, you’ll have a unique experience, enjoyed by few others on the planet.  You’ll be rewarded with fantastic other-worldly snow-scapes and acres of stars in night-time Polar skies.

The CPMO is hosted at the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB).  Here, they support the National Science Foundation’s US Antarctic Program (USAP) and they seek a doctor to work at one of the scientific research stations in Antarctica.

The Amundsen-Scott South Pole station is one of the most isolated places on earth. CPMO are looking for an Emergency or Family Medicine physician with acute care experience who is up for the challenge of working at 10,000 feet during the depths of the Antarctic Winter.

While the clinical load is light, the opportunity to work in this remote situation will be attractive to physicians with interests in extreme/remote or altitude medicine.  Practice medicine under the Aurora Australis and see the Milky Way as few others ever will, all while providing health care to the station crew.

The South Pole Station carries out exciting research in astronomy, weather, geology and supports other science missions. Deployments are 9 months, and US citizenship is required.  Warm, shared accommodation is provided as are  recreational facilities, internet and telephone access.  CPMO are also recruiting for winter staff at the McMurdo and Palmer Stations.

For more information, please visit www.usap.gov or www.utmb.edu/polar

Call 409-772-3626 if you are interested or apply on-line at www.utmb.edu/polar.

 

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Antarctic Medical Conference 2015: Fight offer

Mark HannafordAdventure, Antarctica, Arctic Medicine, CME, CME Training, cme travel, CME Travel, Dr Alexander Kumar, expedition, Expedition & Wilderness Medicine, Expedition Medicine, Extreme medicine, polar medicine, Remote medicine, wilderness medic, Wilderness medical training, Wilderness Medicine, , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Free flights from Miami to Buenos Aires!

Antarctic Wilderness Medicine Conference

Secure complimentary flights from Miami to board expedition ship, National Geographic Explorer in Buenos Aires on 7th December for the iconic Antarctic Medical Conference, when you book with Lindblad Expeditions & mention Expedition & Wilderness Medicine’s medical conference.

Expect breathtaking scenery and huge photo opportunities on this voyage; whales, penguins & a multitude of seabirds: 7th – 20th December. With CME content accredited for 10 hours by the Wilderness Medicine Society and delivered by Dr Alex Kumar.

To read more about this life changing experience visit our Antarctic web-page HERE

This offer is time limited and due to expire 3oth June 2015, so don’t hang around.

 

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Concordia Calling!

Mark HannafordAdventure, Expedition & Wilderness Medicine, polar medicine, Remote medicine, ,

If taking part in research that paves the way for space exploration appeals, then the European Space Agency would like to hear from you.  You will spend 12 months living in one of the most secluded places on earth at the remote Concordia Antarctic station.  After training spacecraft pilot training, you will conduct simulations and various experiments which will assist space mission designers.  Applicants must be from an ESA Member State.  Application deadline 1 April.
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ESA is looking for a medical doctor to spend a year at the remote Concordia Antarctic station. Like a martian outpost can be imagined, you will be away for over a year and cut off from the rest of the world, living and working with 15 colleagues to conduct science  in preparation for missions to the Red Planet.
Astronauts on long missions in space need to pilot their spacecraft and conduct complex operations months or even years after their training on Earth. On the International Space Station, astronauts periodically take refresher courses for critical tasks such as berthing cargo spacecraft.
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For astronauts returning from Mars, mission designers need to know that they will be able to perform after months of isolation and stressful exploration. The Simskill experiment needs a spacecraft simulator to be shipped down to Antarctica to see how the Concordia crew will cope over the course of their stay.
Another planned experiment will look closely at how our immune system responds to the isolation at Concordia. Blood, urine and saliva samples will be collected and compared to stress test results to understand how stress influences our immune system. This research is also being done on the International Space Station to understand what factors are causing astronauts immune systems to behave as they do.
Further experiments include looking at how special lights could help keep a normal sleep pattern during the dark winter months. Others are checking bone health and monitoring how the crew interact and form groups during the isolation through  activity monitors and games that test teamwork.
Does taking part in research that is paving the way for space exploration, while living in one of the most secluded places on Earth for a year, appeal to you? Anyone from an ESA Member State with a medical degree can apply before the 1 April deadline    

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The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners features EWM

Mark HannafordExpedition and Wilderness Medicine Facualty, Expedition Doctor, polar medicine, , , , , ,

The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners magazine features our very own John Apps and the Polar Medicine course in New Zealand – see
pages 14-15review of dr john apps and polar medicine course

Medicine in the wilderness by Nick Johns-wickberg – see the full article here

Dr John Apps’ career in wilderness medicine has taken him on some extraordinary adventures. He now passes on his skills to other doctors.

There aren’t many people in the world who can run a marathon, let alone one at nearly 5000 metres elevation through the Himalayas. Rarer yet is a doctor who can keep up with the runners and tend to them in harsh conditions if anything goes wrong. John Apps is such a doctor. Overseeing the medical services for the Everest Marathon is all in a day’s work for the British-born adventure doctor and part-time GP.

‘I stationed a number of doctors on the descent route and my job was to jog behind the slowest person,’ Apps said. ‘There’s a lot of up and down, there’s a lot of rough ground, a lot of yaks to avoid.’

Apps’ work throws a wide range of challenges his way – yaks included. Overseeing the marathon isn’t easy, but Apps said the hardest part of that job is convincing the ultra-competitive runners to take it easy while acclimatising to the high altitude. He has also provided medical support for an extreme marathon in Antarctica, where the flatness of the course is offset by the fact that, as he puts it,

 ‘it’s just blooming cold’.

‘You’re hauling in all these huge lungfuls of air at minus 15°C and it does take it out of people,’.

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Dr Petronella Watson shares her thoughts on last years Polar Medicine course in New Zealand

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A Course in Polar Medicine, New ZealandPolar Medicine New Zealand (c) Andy Woods

Author:  Petronella Watson

Contact information
University of Otago, Wellington, Mein St, PO Box 7343, Wellington South 6021, New Zealand.

Correspondence to Petronella Watson, watpe651@student.otago.ac.nz.

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In July 2011, Queenstown welcomed the course participants with a bitter winter storm: minus 14 degrees, a heavy snow fall, flight cancellations and road closures. This was the second big snow fall of the winter and we were thankful to arrive safely at the Lodge set high on the Pisa range to enjoy good food and great company. Course convener Dr Simon Dalton and the other staff (Dr Sean Hudson, Dr Dick Price and Mr Simon Murfin) welcomed participants to the course, and kicked things off with an introductory lecture on polar medicine and standard operating procedures.

After an early night everyone was ready to acquire the practical skills required for life in this cold environment. We started off with an introduction to snowmobiles – the mechanics, recovering stuck machines, riding and rescue techniques. After a while confidence and doughnuts, grew dramatically, until our arms were exhausted. Then we moved onto the care and use of dogs as a means of transport. Local enthusiasts introduced us to their packs and discussed general care and handling (not to mention some of the dog sledding journeys and races which they had competed in). We each took the dogs for a run by ourselves, gaining an appreciation for the affinity so many polar explorers, scientists and locals have for the enthusiastic Husky and Malamute.

In the evening we had an informative and inspiring talk on hypothermia, cold water immersion and frostbite – tales from the reaches of Everest’s summit to Scott Base and lonely polar research boats. The session covered recognition and management of these important conditions as well as their underlying pathophysiology and an overview of the limitations imposed by the wilderness environment. We then proceeded to hear much more about Dr Dick Price’s amazing life and career; from hair-raising mountain rescues to idyllic igloo building with his son.

Another beautiful dawn brought with it cross country skiing and an overview of the history and development of skiing as a sport and means of transport. Great practice for what was to come! Another half day was spent on navigation techniques in the often confusing white cold landscape. We also had introductions to the principles and practice of fire lighting and snow caving. Evening lectures covered altitude related illness and pre-expedition planning.

Wednesday brought preparation for our own fast approaching overnight expedition. We covered some practical scenarios, wilderness resuscitation, avalanche safety as well as transceivers and communications. The afternoon brought tutorials in stoves, shelter building and a briefing for our trip. We rounded off the day with a movie on Shackleton’s amazing Antarctic adventure and later that evening guest speaker Marcus Waters described some of his expeditions kayaking in the Antarctic Circle and skiing across the Greenland ice sheet – a real eye opener to the realities of Polar travel.

As the sun rose again and the skies changed from black to purple and pink to blue, we picked up our skis, fully prepared for an overnight expedition out into the wilderness. The morning was spent passing through iconic Pisa Range valleys, and quite a few spills and tumbles. We eventually made it to the selected spot for a late lunch and then shelter building. The afternoon was spent jumping, shoveling and carrying until quinsy’s, igloos and snow caves were fitted out with all our kit. After soup, pasta and chocolate for dinner, Dick set off some celebratory fireworks and a surprisingly comfortable, warm sleep was had.

Yet another fresh clear day followed, and after jumping on our snow cave (just as one delights in destroying a sand castle, except with notably more effort) we packed our bags and skied back to the lodge. At the lodge, there was a rush for the showers, but by lunch time everyone was enthusiastically chatting about their snow cave experience.

As we glumly packed our bags, and pulled out the expedition handbook for reading on the bus back to Queenstown, we reflected on the week. Certainly for most people the course taught much about survival in cold and remote areas. Another important aspect of the week was the camaraderie generated between participants. I’m sure the newly struck friendships will continue for many years to come.

Further information on Expedition & Wilderness Medicine UK’s CME approved courses for medical professionals may be found at: www.expeditionmedicine.co.uk

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Dates for Polar Medicine Norway now available….

Mark HannafordArctic Medicine, Expedition & Wilderness Medicine, polar medicine, , , , ,

Expedition & Wilderness Medicine’s Polar Medical Skills course is set in Northern Norway near the town of Alta within the Arctic Circle. It runs over a 6-day period, at the height of the Arctic winter. It represents, we believe, one of the best presented and comprehensive winter medical skills courses in Europe and routinely receives outstanding feedback from its delegates.

To find out more about the Polar Medicine Course in Norway – click here

and if your are in the Southern Hemisphere our New Zealand based Polar Medicine course – click here.

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Well done Ellen on getting published!! A great article on Polar Medicine Norway!

Mark HannafordArctic Medicine, polar medicine, , , , , , ,

Medicine at minus 25 (one of the best medical courses I have attended.)

  1. Dr Ellen Welch

+ Author Affiliations

  1. GPST1, East Cumbria VTS

EXTRACT

Earlier this year, as the British winter was beginning to thaw, I ventured over to northern Norway, within the Arctic Circle, to spend the week learning about expedition medicine in an extreme environment. Expedition Medicine’s Polar medicine course aims to equip medics with the skills required to safely manage casualties in the wilderness. The course is led by experienced expedition medics alongside ex-Royal Marine instructors and is structured around learning winter survival skills in the field, followed by evening lectures once the polar daylight fades. Our group was made up of 23 doctors from a variety of countries, grades and specialities. Some had previous expedition experience, although this is not a prerequisite for the course. Anyone with a reasonable level of fitness and enthusiasm to participate would be encouraged to attend. For me, the opportunity to get out of the classroom and gain some expedition experience with some inspiring people makes it one of the best medical courses I have attended.

Read the full article here…

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*InnovAiT is the RCGP journal that promotes excellence in primary care through quality education. It was developed to support Associates in Training (AiTs) of the Royal College of General Practitioners from entry into specialist training to qualification. It is also a valuable resource for; GP trainers, trained GPs who wish to update and maintain their knowledge base, newly qualified (First5) GPs wanting to extend their knowledge, practice and community nurses, and foundation level doctors and medical students contemplating a career in primary care.

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Polar Explorer and extreme sea kayaker Marcus Walters to speak on Polar Medicine New Zealand

Mark HannafordExpedition & Wilderness Medicine, medical training course, polar medicine, , , , , ,

The last few places for the new Polar Medicine course in New Zealand are available on a first-come first-serve basis. The course is based near Wanaka on New Zealand’s South Island deep within the stunningly beautiful Southern Alps.Polar Medicine Training course in New Zealand 9.5 CME

The course will feature a presentation by Marcus Walters, famous for sea kayaking around the coast of South Georgia, the Antarctic Peninsula and most recently for crossing Greenland on skis.

Polar Medicine Training Course | New Zealand – Secure your place now

24 October 2011 to 08 November 2011

Marcus Waters| A biography;

Marcus comes from a family of adventurers: his father was a former deputy director at New Zealand´s Outward Bound school and his brother Sean named NZ 2006 ‘Mountaineer of the Year’. Whilst Marcus has climbed, paddled and skied all over the world it is as much the emotional draw of wild places that leads him to adventure as the physical pursuit.

As a founding member of the Adventure Philosophy team he has shaped the team´s philosophy and values enabling their successful ‘world first’ adventures beyond their initial 2001 kayak traverse of the Antarctic Peninsula. His leadership, strategic view and planning ability ensure Adventure Philosophy expeditions turn up to the right starting line with the right kit. He spent many years management consulting and now works as a Human Resource Manager with the Christchurch City Council.

He has a special talent for turning lessons learnt in the wild into life changing presentations and principles for individuals and motivational practices for businesses. His charitable work includes the Adventure Philosophy Gore-tex Good for Life youth scholarship and is Chairman of the Canterbury, Westland Te Araroa Trust (establishing a walking trail the lenght of NZ).

He balances the carbon footprint he creates through his adventures with the thousands of trees he and his partner and two children have planted on their bit of land outside Christchurch.

Wilderness Medicine CME accredited training courses.

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Expedition Medicine sponsors the International Scott Centenary Expedition

Mark HannafordAdventure, Arctic Medicine, expedition, Expedition & Wilderness Medicine, Patriot Hills, polar medicine, , , , ,

Expedition and Wilderness is proud to sponsor the International Scott Centenary Expedition ISCE.  

The story of Captain Robert Falcon Scott RN (1868 -1912) is one of the greatest epic tales in human history. Through h 

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is life, which he dedicated to the scientific exploration of the Antarctic regions, and in his heroic death, he has inspired the lives of many. His work paved the way for the modern Antarctic as a continent for science and international co-operation.  

Scott’s British Antarctic Expedition (1910 -1913) was not, however, in the business of creating heroes. The main objective, as expressed by Scott in his prospectus, was “To reach the South Pole and to secure for the British Empire the honour of this achievement”. The expedition had further objectives in scientific research and geographical exploration and intended to make “…bagging the Pole merely an item in the results”. To achieve this, Scott took with him the most extensive team of scientists to visit Antarctica during the Heroic Age of Antarctic exploration.  

Their wide ranging achievements were overshadowed by what became the loss of the race to the South Pole to the Norwegian Roald Amundsen and the subsequent death of Captain Scott and the Polar Party. Nevertheless their efforts paved the way for the foundation of modern polar studies with the foundation of the Scott Polar Research Institute in Cambridge as a national memorial to Captain Scott and the Polar Party. This has ensured the continuation of their legacy of scientific exploration to this day.  

With 2012 marking the centenary of the deaths of Captain Scott and the Polar Party, there is no better time to remember the achievements of the expedition, to raise the public’s awareness of the role that the expedition members played towards advancing polar research and to commemorate those who gave their lives – Captain Scott RN, Dr Wilson, Lieutenant Bowers RIM, Captain Oates and Petty Officer Evans RN.  

  

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Some feedback just makes us smile!

Mark HannafordArctic Medicine, CME Training, cme travel, CME Travel, Expedition & Wilderness Medicine, Expedition Doctor, Extreme medicine, medical training course, polar medicine, Pre-hospital Care, Remote medicine, travel doctor, travel medic, Wilderness and Environmental Medicine, wilderness medic, Wilderness medical training, Wilderness Medicine, Wilderness Medicine Society, WMS, , , , ,

Feedback on our recent Polar Medicine training course in Norway has clearly affected some of the course delegates by creating a need for ‘biggles-speak’…

PapaFoxtrot calling Red Leaders AlphaHotel, AlphaCharlie, DeltaBravo, Bravo and Delta

Congrats on recent Operation Polar Bear

Wizard week

No prangs

Best ever

Location stunning

Bunks and chow excellent 

Red Leaders all SPLENDID

Hope all returned to base safely

Please pass on to all members of Polar Bear as don’t have call signs

Do you read me ?

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New course announcement. Expedition Medicine is heading into the Southern Hemisphere!

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New course announcement.   Expedition Medicine is heading into the Southern Hemisphere!  Join us on our inaugural New Zealand Polar Medicine course next July – based on the South Island near the winter sports mecca of Queenstown – spaces are strictly so register your interest now!

To join us in New Zealand click here to find out more about the course

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National Geographic requests Expedition Medicine images

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And we have been happy to supply – keep you eye for the series in Frostbite featuring images by Mark Hannaford director of Expedition Medicine.

Polar Medicine

Expedition Medicine Director Mark Hannaford in Antarctica

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Great week on Keswick Expedition Medicine course

Mark Hannafordexpedition, Expedition & Wilderness Medicine, Expedition Doctor, Film and Media medical support, Jungle medicine, mark hannaford, Media Crew Expedition Medical Support, medical training course, mountain medicine, polar medicine, Remote medicine, travel doctor, travel medic, Wilderness and Environmental Medicine, wilderness medic, Wilderness Medicine, , , , , , , , ,

Another superb Expedition and Wilderness Medicine training course in Keswick

The Great North Air Ambulance, dedicated to Expedition Medicine facualty member Dr Rupert Bennett sadly killed in a climbing accident on Ben Nevis, lands as part of a search and rescue training scenerio on the course which aims to prepared medics for working in remote locations and is accredited by the Wilderness Medical Society.

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