NEW Alpine Medicine Course: take your medical career in a new direction

29th October 2019WEM Marketing DeptAlpine Medicine, Expedition & Wilderness Medicine, Expedition Doctor, Expedition Medicine, Expedition Nursing, mountain medicineNo CommentsAlpine medicine, expedition, expedition medicine, mountain medicine, training course

If you’re a medic keen to support expeditions in cold, mountainous environments or simply be better prepared for your own winter mountain adventures then our exciting 6-day Alpine Medicine training expedition, in the stunning Julian Alps is for you!

Making the most of the winter conditions, this comprehensive medical training expedition brings together likeminded medics from a variety of backgrounds and career stages all sharing the same common desire – to bring more adventure into their careers and blend their passion for travel, adventure and the great outdoors with their medical skills.

This new course blends winter mountaineering skills, advanced expedition medicine skills, altitude and cold weather medicine through a mix of engaging short, focused lectures and hands-on intense case-based scenarios. Throughout the course you will be encouraged in new ways of thinking and new approaches to problem solving as well as challenging your abilities to adapt to unpredictable situations – a must-have when taking on any type of expedition.

We’ll start by getting to know each other during a big kit session, discussing the benefits and drawbacks of different items, what to pack and how to best equip yourself for you adventures. Over the next two days you’ll learn essential clinical skills and environmental factors specific to cold and mountainous environments, this learning will be interspersed with simulation exercises. As your skill and adaptability within the exercises grows, so will the complexity of the tasks.

Midway through the course we will travel to Vogel ski area for a full day of avalanche training and snow science with world-class IFMGA Guides. Here you’ll learn about the types of avalanches, how they form and release, avalanche terrain, decision making and route planning, and the essential skills needed for avalanche rescue.

The final two days of the course will take us out into the mountains including an overnight stay at Dom na Komni (a Komna hut). This mini-expedition phase will include the opportunity to learn or enhance your technical mountain skills from some of Slovenia’s best guides. During this phase you’ll also have further opportunities to run through simulation exercises, bringing together everything you have learnt over the week.

By the end of the course you’ll have learnt a wide range of mountain skills and expedition mountain medicine, but most importantly you’ll be better equipped to deal with emergency situations in remote mountain areas.

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

Take your EXTREME medical career to the next level – book your place today!
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Meet WEMski speaker Aldo Kane – Former Royal Marine Commando and now Safety Director for some of the world’s largest TV and film productions.

16th January 2018WEM Marketing DeptWEMSkiNo CommentsAldo Kane, expedition, extreme, medicine, Royal Marine Commando, sniper, WEMski, wemski speaker

As an extreme adventurer, former Royal Marine Commando and now a specialist in providing safety and guidance in extreme environments for a selection of the largest film and television productions in the world; Aldo Kane has plenty of captivating stories to share. He will be joining us at the inaugural WEMski mini-conference in the Italian Alps, discussing his own real-life experiences of extreme and psychological challenges and how those stressful situations impacted his life.

Aldo’s love of the great outdoors first came from his involvement in the Scout movement, where at a young age alongside his twin brother, they would go off on adventures around their stomping ground Arran, Loch Lomond and Glencoe and spend much of their time abseiling and camping their way across the Scottish countryside. It was this love for adventure that led him to join the Royal Marines after leaving school at the age of 16. The pinnacle of his military career was to become a sniper for the Royal Marines, a much sought-after post that he served in for more than a decade and one that would take him on exploits around the world.

During his military career, Aldo also became a medic, mountain leader, climbing instructor, and diver, and it was these skills that he used when he left the Royal Marines as a grounding to form his company ‘Vertical Planet, which is now one of the world’s leading providers of safety, security, medical and risk management services to the film and TV industry. Aldo and his team have provided climbing support at El Capitan in America, ventured into active volcanoes with Richard Hammond, diving supervision in Madagascar, helped Steve Backshall through Venezuelan mountains and offered caving support in Slovakia.

As well as travelling the world, Aldo is also part of ‘Team Essence’, a team of adventurers that take on extreme challenges in some of the world’s most inhospitable environments. His first challenge was as part of a successful five-strong world-record breaking team, including fellow WEMski speaker Jason ‘Foxy’ Fox that rowed from continent to continent (Portugal to Venezuela) across the Atlantic Ocean, in a time of 50 days, 10 hours and 36 min, raising a massive £120,000 for the NSPCC.

From death-defying military conflicts to working on the set of Hollywood blockbuster ‘The Avengers’ and advising actors Henry Cavill, Tom Hardy and Adrien Brody, we can’t wait to hear Aldo share his unique experiences with the delegates at WEMski.

We are thrilled to welcome Aldo to our WEMski faculty and to give you a little taste of what Aldo will be talking about at WEMski, we asked him these three questions…

Q. What skills would you say are vital in an extreme and challenging environment?

A. I believe the best skills for extreme environments are the practical life-saving skills that are specific to each environment. However, I do believe that ‘soft skills’ are much more important in an extreme expedition scenario. Skills such as the ability to work in a team, emotional quotient (EQ), a good attitude, courage, determination and above all cheerfulness in adversity are vital.

Q. What first interested you in practising extreme medicine / taking on extreme physical and psychological challenges?

A. I joined the Royal Marines at the age of 16 and became a sniper at the age of 18. I have spent my entire career in some of the world’s most extreme and physical environments, and have had to learn a few basic medical skills to allow me to operate both on my own and as part of a small team. It’s always a good idea to have rudimentary medical knowledge and skills when out in the field.

Q. What has been your scariest ‘extreme’ challenge/situation and why?

A. I am lucky or unlucky (depending on how you look at it) enough to have experienced several extreme challenges to date, both through work and others as part of a challenge to test myself. One of my scariest challenges includes rowing across the Atlantic Ocean from Mainland to Mainland as part of a crew that rowed the longest route in the fastest time – despite capsizing 3 times! I’ve also carried out a full descent of the Balium river in West Papua New Guinea and worked with Narcos in South America.

To find out more information on WEMski or to book your place on what we promise will be an incredibly fun, diverse and inspiring week, please click here.

Consultant Physican – Infectious Disease: Alice Springs

5th August 2016Mark Hannaford.Newsletter, Expedition & Wilderness Medicine, Expedition MedicineAdventure, expedition, Expedition & Wilderness Medicine, expedition and wilderness medicine, Expedition Doctor, Remote medicine, wilderness medic

Head Medical are promoting an incredible opportunity for a Consultant Physician in Infectious Diseases. The role is based in Alice Spring and would suit someone who enjoys biking & hiking!

As Staff Specialist in Infectious Diseases your responsibilities will include (but are not limited to):

§ Providing ongoing leadership in the department and the hospital, focusing on patient safety and the exceptional services.

§ Delivering first class inpatient, outpatient and consultative clinical services in General Medicine and Infectious Diseases.

§ Initiating and participating in quality management projects and staff professional development programs.

§ Supervise and participate in teaching programs for junior medical staff, including advanced trainees and medical students.

§ Participate in antimicrobial stewardship.

A full description of the role is available on our jobs page, HERE

Head Medical are the UK’s leading international medical recruitment specialist. They recruit Doctors for fantastic positions in Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, and the Gulf. They also recruit for jobs in the UK. They’re committed to turning your ideas and career goals into reality with the right job in the right location.

The Sunday Times article in full – by popular request..

14th July 2016Mark HannafordExpedition & Wilderness Medicineexeter, expedition, extreme, mark hannaford, medicine, TES, wilderness

University of Exeter launches ‘extreme medicine’ master’s

University’s new MSc teaches doctors how to overcome the psychological and logistical challenges of working in remote regions

By Matthew Reisz

Twitter: @MatthewReiszTHE

A medical school has launched what it claims to be the world’s first master’s programme in extreme medicine.

The MSc at the University of Exeter Medical School aims to support medics providing healthcare “in remote and extreme environments”, said programme leader and acute sub dean Malcolm Hilton, who believes that the new course could eventually lead to the subject becoming a wider specialism in its own right.

He expects most applicants to be qualified doctors, although some may be nurses or advanced paramedics who already have experience responding to humanitarian crises or working in polar, tropical or high-altitude regions.

All will attend a part-time three-year programme, on offer from this September, incorporating a series of residential courses lasting three to five days.

To put on this new master’s programme, which has been endorsed by celebrated explorer Sir Ranulph Fiennes, Exeter has joined forces with an organisation called World Extreme Medicine, which has been organising courses and conferences for the past 12 years. Mr Hilton, who works as a consultant ear, nose and throat surgeon as well as on charitable assignments in Nepal, recently attended one of the courses.

“On a wet, windy day in October on the top of Dartmoor,” he recalled, “when you’re working with the local actors’ union who are mocked up to have broken legs and major head wounds, and are covered in artificial blood and lying in gorse bushes, it feels very, very authentic.

“You’ve had to conduct a search and come across these people lying in a remote area and have to figure out evacuation strategy – could we land a helicopter here or what’s the alternative in terms of roads to get people out? It’s actually surprisingly easy to create what feels like a very real and authentic challenge.”

Elements of these World Extreme Medicine courses are now being built into a formal academic programme for the first time.

Although they may go on to specialise in high-altitude or jungle medicine in subsequent years, explained Mr Hilton, first-year students will learn the generic skills required “when delivering healthcare outside the confines of a Western hospital environment” and generally lacking basic diagnostic equipment such as facilities for blood tests and X-rays.

They will explore issues such as pre-trip planning, situational awareness, the psychological challenges of working when one is dehydrated, hungry or tired.

All students will be required to write a dissertation as part of their MSc and, in the longer term, Mr Hilton hopes to build up a proper research framework and establish extreme medicine as a genuine subdiscipline.

He said that he remembered a time when doctors who happened to like sport offered to help at their local rugby team. Now they would need a degree in sports medicine. In time, he said extreme medicine may also become a similar niche field.

matthew.reisz@tesglobal.com

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Source:

https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/university-of-exeter-launches-extreme-medicine-masters
http://www.exeter.ac.uk/postgraduate/taught/medicine/extrememedicinemsc/

Expedition and Wilderness Medicine in action

LANCET ARTICLES ON EXTREME MEDICINE & EXPEDITION MEDICINE

21st December 2015Mark HannafordExpedition & Wilderness Medicine#extremeexpo, expedition, Expedition & Wilderness Medicine, expedition and wilderness medicine, Expedition Doctor, expedition medic, expedition medicine, extreme, lancet, mark hannaford, remote medical training

LANCET ARTICLES ON EXTREME MEDICINE

‘I am delighted that these two papers are now in press. I think they reflect many of the sentiments and thrust of the hugely successful Extreme Medicine Conferences.’ Professor Chris Imray..

We’re delighted that long standing friends and collaborators of EWM, Professor Chris Imray successfully co-authored two relevant and contemporary articles in the Extreme Medicine series, published in the latest issue of “The Lancet.” By sharing their thoughts and experiences, Chris Imray and his co-authors have produced a primary academic reference for Extreme Medicine, reinforcing all that we here at Expedition & Wilderness Medicine have advocated for years. The Lancet articles now give “medicine in the extremes” the academic credibility and international platform for discussion, this emergent sub-speciality so rightly deserves.

Mark Hannaford, Managing Director.

http://www.lancet.com/journals/lancet/issue/vol386no10012/PIIS0140-6736(15)X0020-1
Extreme medicine http://www.lancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(15)01165-4/abstract
Pre-hospital care http://www.lancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(15)00985-X/abstract

Extreme Medicine Conference

LANCET ARTICLES ON EXTREME MEDICINE & EXPEDITION MEDICINE

21st December 2015Mark HannafordExpedition & Wilderness Medicine#extremeexpo, expedition, Expedition & Wilderness Medicine, expedition and wilderness medicine, Expedition Doctor, expedition medic, expedition medicine, extreme, lancet, mark hannaford, remote medical training

LANCET ARTICLES ON EXTREME MEDICINE

‘I am delighted that these two papers are now in press. I think they reflect many of the sentiments and thrust of the hugely successful Extreme Medicine Conferences.’ Professor Chris Imray..

We’re delighted that long standing friends and collaborators of EWM, Professor Chris Imray successfully co-authored two relevant and contemporary articles in the Extreme Medicine series, published in the latest issue of “The Lancet.” By sharing their thoughts and experiences, Chris Imray and his co-authors have produced a primary academic reference for Extreme Medicine, reinforcing all that we here at Expedition & Wilderness Medicine have advocated for years. The Lancet articles now give “medicine in the extremes” the academic credibility and international platform for discussion, this emergent sub-speciality so rightly deserves.

Mark Hannaford, Managing Director.

http://www.lancet.com/journals/lancet/issue/vol386no10012/PIIS0140-6736(15)X0020-1
Extreme medicine http://www.lancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(15)01165-4/abstract
Pre-hospital care http://www.lancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(15)00985-X/abstract

Extreme Medicine Conference

Extreme Medicine ’15 – ‘so whats so different this year?’…

11th October 2015Mark HannafordExpedition & Wilderness Medicineexpedition, humanitarian, medicine, remote, wilderness

Refugees, Kunduz, Space, Ebola, Nepal Earthquake, Ultra Sports, Pre Hospital Medicine at Extreme Medicine ’15

As the conference gets closer and closer the preparations we are preparing a gathering bringing together over a 100 presenters from across the world, delegates from all over the worlds, focused exhibitors and some of the world’s best humanitarian photographers.Unfortunately the world isn’t keep us short of discussion topics; Refugees, Kunduz, Space, Ebola, Nepal Earthquake to name but a very few, but the conference will also be full of lots of hands-on learning, discussion sets and quite a few well known names…

Attendees and speakers from Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Denmark, Ghana, Germany, Netherlands, Ireland, Italy, Laos, Libya, Malawi, Nepal, New Zealand, Norway, Papua New Guinea, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Turkey, USA

‘Perhaps the most interesting medical conference I know of’ Senior health correspondent – mainstream media outlet in conversation..

Career enhancing…

Network with some of the world’s most inspiring medics and global thought leaders.
Learning…
New research, best practice, hands on learning and open discussions.
Inspiring…
If you fail to be inspired we would like you to let us know…

Extreme Medicine is like no medical conference you’ve ever attended.

Whats different this year?

From Disaster and Humanitarian Medicine to Pre- Hospital Care, Expedition to Ultra Sports Medicine the aim of our conference has always been to break down silo’s between medical discplines, to build networks, stimulate innovation and share best practice.

We have achieved this and much much more the forth iteration of, one of the world’s most eclectic gatherings, is set to surpass all that have gone before and we invite you to join us.

There are still limited tickets available – book yours now..

Even our exhibitors are getting in on the act..

Using one of conference founders, Mark Hannaford’s images, EVAQ8 are in pole position to win the best dressed exhibitors web page (you’ll have to excuse the pun!)

Extreme Medicine '15 – 'so whats so different this year?'…

11th October 2015Mark HannafordExpedition & Wilderness Medicineexpedition, humanitarian, medicine, remote, wilderness

Refugees, Kunduz, Space, Ebola, Nepal Earthquake, Ultra Sports, Pre Hospital Medicine at Extreme Medicine ’15

As the conference gets closer and closer the preparations we are preparing a gathering bringing together over a 100 presenters from across the world, delegates from all over the worlds, focused exhibitors and some of the world’s best humanitarian photographers.Unfortunately the world isn’t keep us short of discussion topics; Refugees, Kunduz, Space, Ebola, Nepal Earthquake to name but a very few, but the conference will also be full of lots of hands-on learning, discussion sets and quite a few well known names…

Attendees and speakers from Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Denmark, Ghana, Germany, Netherlands, Ireland, Italy, Laos, Libya, Malawi, Nepal, New Zealand, Norway, Papua New Guinea, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Turkey, USA

‘Perhaps the most interesting medical conference I know of’ Senior health correspondent – mainstream media outlet in conversation..

Career enhancing…

Network with some of the world’s most inspiring medics and global thought leaders.
Learning…
New research, best practice, hands on learning and open discussions.
Inspiring…
If you fail to be inspired we would like you to let us know…

Extreme Medicine is like no medical conference you’ve ever attended.

Whats different this year?

From Disaster and Humanitarian Medicine to Pre- Hospital Care, Expedition to Ultra Sports Medicine the aim of our conference has always been to break down silo’s between medical discplines, to build networks, stimulate innovation and share best practice.

We have achieved this and much much more the forth iteration of, one of the world’s most eclectic gatherings, is set to surpass all that have gone before and we invite you to join us.

There are still limited tickets available – book yours now..

Even our exhibitors are getting in on the act..

Using one of conference founders, Mark Hannaford’s images, EVAQ8 are in pole position to win the best dressed exhibitors web page (you’ll have to excuse the pun!)

INNOVATION PLATFORM IN REMOTE MEDICINE @ Extreme Medicine ’15 £10,000 cash prize

27th August 2015Mark HannafordExpedition & Wilderness Medicineexpedition, innovate, medical innovation, Remote medicine, start up prize, wilderness

INNOVATION PLATFORM @ Extreme Medicine ’15

The Extreme Medicine Innovation Platform is offering a £10,000 cash prize to startups within the extreme medicine space.

We’re inviting startups in the field of extreme medicine to showcase their thinking and groundbreaking ideas in order to support innovation within the medical community. The Innovation Platform serves to create investment opportunities for startups to continue funding their cutting-edge work.

All individuals and organisations within the medical space are invited to enter the competition and after careful consideration, a shortlist of entrants will be asked to present their ideas at the Extreme Medicine Expo.

The Extreme Medicine Expo is an exciting opportunity for startups as it provides a platform for innovative medical ideas to be heard by industry experts and potential investors. Each shortlisted entrant will have a chance to present at the conference to panellists and attendees.

A final list of 3 startups will be given an opportunity to present on the main conference stage, after which, the startup with the most impactful and innovative idea will win a £10,000 cash prize.

Any startups currently in development may enter. If you think your organisation has significant potential in the area of extreme medicine, meets an unmet challenge and offers a potential new solution, please enter your details here http://www.extrememedicineexpo.com/innovation/

INNOVATION PLATFORM IN REMOTE MEDICINE @ Extreme Medicine '15 £10,000 cash prize

27th August 2015Mark HannafordExpedition & Wilderness Medicineexpedition, innovate, medical innovation, Remote medicine, start up prize, wilderness

INNOVATION PLATFORM @ Extreme Medicine ’15

The Extreme Medicine Innovation Platform is offering a £10,000 cash prize to startups within the extreme medicine space.

We’re inviting startups in the field of extreme medicine to showcase their thinking and groundbreaking ideas in order to support innovation within the medical community. The Innovation Platform serves to create investment opportunities for startups to continue funding their cutting-edge work.

All individuals and organisations within the medical space are invited to enter the competition and after careful consideration, a shortlist of entrants will be asked to present their ideas at the Extreme Medicine Expo.

The Extreme Medicine Expo is an exciting opportunity for startups as it provides a platform for innovative medical ideas to be heard by industry experts and potential investors. Each shortlisted entrant will have a chance to present at the conference to panellists and attendees.

A final list of 3 startups will be given an opportunity to present on the main conference stage, after which, the startup with the most impactful and innovative idea will win a £10,000 cash prize.

Any startups currently in development may enter. If you think your organisation has significant potential in the area of extreme medicine, meets an unmet challenge and offers a potential new solution, please enter your details here http://www.extrememedicineexpo.com/innovation/

EWMi – The Clock’s Ticking.

19th August 2015Mark HannafordCME, CME Training, expedition, Expedition & Wilderness Medicine, Expedition and Wilderness Medicine Facualty, Student Internship, travel doctor, WMSEWM interns, expedition, medicine, wilderness

Time’s running out for the EWMi opportunity in Dartmoor

Below is the information from our blog post earlier this year, which will tell you all you need to know to apply for our next intern opportunity!

We are a friendly, easy going, but hard working bunch who are used to long days, little rest and working together to get a job done. We do this with a ready smile and a can do attitude which very much reflects the EWM philosophy. As an intern we’d like you to be slot into our team straight away and be happy to muck in when and wherever we need you.

If you’re interested in joining us as an intern, you will need to make your own way to the course location on the afternoon prior to the course and remain until we are packed away on the final day. You’ll stay in the faculty accommodation and may be required to assist with almost any part of setting up the course; everything from setting up seating, packing med bags, sorting out kit or directing course delegates to specific locations. In return, while with us as, we will make every effort to ensure you are able to attend each lecture and workshop and of course, you’ll get to know our incredible faculty.

The next intern position available, will be for our Expedition & Wilderness Medicine course based in Dartmoor 16-19 November. You’ll need to get yourself to the venue, but we will provide all your home comforts for you. For all UK course dates click HERE

We welcome applications from the UK and overseas but are not able to reimburse travel expenses. To submit your application for consideration, please send us:

A recent CV with an outdoor image of yourself (we reserve the right to use this image for marketing purposes).
Something that tells us about you and your achievements – this can take any form, but use this as your opportunity to sell yourself to us.
A covering letter telling us why you would make a good intern – max 300 words.

In return we only ask for your good humour, entertaining company, a course write up to be supplied to us with one month and agreement to make yourself available for a telephone interview post course.

Email your enquiries and submissions to admin@expedition-medicine.com

To ensure you receive our emails make sure you add us to you safe senders list!

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EWMi – The Clock's Ticking.

19th August 2015Mark HannafordCME, CME Training, expedition, Expedition & Wilderness Medicine, Expedition and Wilderness Medicine Facualty, Student Internship, travel doctor, WMSEWM interns, expedition, medicine, wilderness

Time’s running out for the EWMi opportunity in Dartmoor

Below is the information from our blog post earlier this year, which will tell you all you need to know to apply for our next intern opportunity!

We are a friendly, easy going, but hard working bunch who are used to long days, little rest and working together to get a job done. We do this with a ready smile and a can do attitude which very much reflects the EWM philosophy. As an intern we’d like you to be slot into our team straight away and be happy to muck in when and wherever we need you.

If you’re interested in joining us as an intern, you will need to make your own way to the course location on the afternoon prior to the course and remain until we are packed away on the final day. You’ll stay in the faculty accommodation and may be required to assist with almost any part of setting up the course; everything from setting up seating, packing med bags, sorting out kit or directing course delegates to specific locations. In return, while with us as, we will make every effort to ensure you are able to attend each lecture and workshop and of course, you’ll get to know our incredible faculty.

The next intern position available, will be for our Expedition & Wilderness Medicine course based in Dartmoor 16-19 November. You’ll need to get yourself to the venue, but we will provide all your home comforts for you. For all UK course dates click HERE

We welcome applications from the UK and overseas but are not able to reimburse travel expenses. To submit your application for consideration, please send us:

A recent CV with an outdoor image of yourself (we reserve the right to use this image for marketing purposes).
Something that tells us about you and your achievements – this can take any form, but use this as your opportunity to sell yourself to us.
A covering letter telling us why you would make a good intern – max 300 words.

In return we only ask for your good humour, entertaining company, a course write up to be supplied to us with one month and agreement to make yourself available for a telephone interview post course.

Email your enquiries and submissions to admin@expedition-medicine.com

To ensure you receive our emails make sure you add us to you safe senders list!

Courses of interest

Doctor needed … Solomon Islands

29th June 2015Mark HannafordExpedition & Wilderness Medicineexpedition, Expedition Doctor, remote, solomon islands, Travel, wilderness

This winter, Adventure For Good, in partnership with OceansWatch will be setting off from the Bay of Islands on a four-month expedition to deliver medical supplies to the Temotu province in the Solomon Islands. Over this period we will also be refitting medical clinics in the remote region and finally return to New Zealand with locally refined virgin coconut oil for a sustainable livelihoods programme.

Adventure For Good’s flagship – CALIPH has been undergoing an extensive renovation in preparation for her new role and will have a re-launching at Opua Marina on Friday, 5 June at 1400. Her voyage will begin from there in July and could include a stop in Vanuatu where she will be available to assist in relief efforts before continuing on her journey. AFG Chairman Christian Pera explains, “Both because of the remoteness of the area and its relatively low international profile, we are still trying to establish the full extent of the support needed in the wake of the recent cyclone season.” This will be the maiden voyage for Adventure For Good in their quest to engage young people in the immediacy of positive action over idle good intentions. “This expedition will be our first step towards becoming a force for positive action, both at home and abroad”.

Together with pioneering OceansWatch, they seek to make a lasting difference in these small communities by providing resources that ultimately promote independence and self-sufficiency.

ABOUT ADVENTURE FOR GOOD

Adventure For Good is a multi-facetted organization based in the Bay of Islands, New Zealand. Incorporated in 2015, they endeavor to equip future decision makers with better skills to analyse, adapt, and most importantly– act for the better of their world. Follow our progress and adventures at

www.facebook.com/afgcentres

www.oceanswatch.org.

CONTACT: JAMIE GALLANT

MOBILE: 022 420 6957 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

EMAIL: JAMIE@AFGCENTRES.ORG

The Extreme Medicine Conference is home to the world’s most adventurous doctors, medics and experts in remote, expedition and pre-hospital medicine.

26th June 2015Mark HannafordExpedition & Wilderness Medicineexpedition, medical, medicine, pre-hospital, remote, smack, trauma, wilderness

Extreme Medicine 2015 – the premier gathering of medical professionals working in the world’s most remote areas. Due to sponsorship support we are able to offer a significant limited time discount on entry for a limited period.

Come join us at the world’s largest gathering of medics working in the world’s most remote corners…

Central Hall, Parliament Square, London. 26-29 October 2015.

30% off entry for a limited time

Working in partnership with a generous sponsor is allowing us to offer a 30% discount on the cost of Expo tickets* until 12.30UTC on 31 July. Simply visit the Expo page: www.extrememedicineexpo.com and enter the code: ‘WEMEEXPO15SPECIAL30’ when registering to receive your discount. *T&C’s

Now in its fourth year, the World Extreme Medicine conference challenges thinking, builds bridges and shares new and more effective approaches to medical practice in the world’s most remote and austere locations.

The Extreme Medicine Conference is home to the world’s most adventurous doctors, medics and experts in remote, expedition and pre-hospital medicine. These global thought leaders have gathered to share universally relevant knowledge and experience, research and techniques in a stimulating, interactive and accessible forum. It is medicine that saves the lives of not only the single remote explorer but also entire populations devastated by natural and man made disasters.

The Extreme Medicine Conference has partnered with some of the world’s most active organisations and charities pushing the edge of human endeavour including War Child, Medicines Sans Frontiers, NASA and the Society for Experimental Biology.Key note speakers… Dame Sally Davis, Prof. Hugh Montgomery, Dr David Nott, Prof Greg Whyte, Lord Nigel Crisp, Dr Michael Barrett, Prof. Mike Tipton, Sir Ranulph Fiennes, Steve Mannion, Brig. Prof. Tim Hodgetts, Prof. Tony Redmond, Rob Williams, Nick Gent & Vickie Hawkins

Extreme Medicine – The Film!

Charity partner news…

We’re delighted to be working with the good folks at War Child who work tirelessly to improve the lives of children affected by conflict.

Offer Terms & Conditions*
Limited time and supply | not combinable with other offers | offers ends midnight 31st July 2015 | http://www.extrememedicineexpo.com

Photographic Gallery

We are really pleased to be featuring the photographers MSF, WarChild, NASA and Rob Holden, on assignment for the UN at this year’s conference – each gallery will feature 20 images illustrating humanitarian medicine in action.

Partner Cloud..

MSF, WarChild, DfiD, University of Exeter, RCSED, European Space Agency, NASA, DARPA, Raleigh International, GE Healthcare, Doctors without Borders, Phoenix Foundation, PTC Foundation, BASICS International Medical Corps, London’s Air Ambulance, Royal Veterinary College, University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust, UCL, Xtreme Everest, Department of Health, Virgin Galactic, University of Manitoba, Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust, Great Northern Air Ambulance, Scottish Emergency Medical Retrieval Service, Helicopter Heroes, University of Portsmouth, Public Health England, The Ecological Sequestration Trust, Handicap International, World Health Organisation, EveresER, Feetfirst Worldwide, UK International Trauma Register, Society of Evolutionary Biology.

Join us at Extreme Medicine ’15…

If you require any further information on our courses, events or how you can get involved please contact us.

Email operations@expedition-medicine.com or
Call us on +44 (0)1460 298025

The view from EWM towers is a very exciting one and here’s why.

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The view from EWM towers is a very exciting one and here’s why.

Moving forward

We’re delighted to announce the development of a new postgraduate education programme in Expedition, Wilderness and Extreme Medicine where students will work towards a Certificate, Diploma and MSc.
Building on over a decade of successful evolving courses to highlight Expedition Medicine as a career option, we feel that now is the right time to take a step forward and offer a formal postgraduate programme that matches the increasing levels of clinical governance in this field. We think you’ll all agree that this is really exciting for us at EWM, but also for medics out there who wish to formalise the learning and skills they have picked up in this exciting field of medicine.
If you’re interested and would like to hear more news as we announce it, be sure to sign up to our postgraduate mailing list HERE.

Next stop…
..New Zealand.

To be a little more precise we’ll be off to the beautiful Southern Alps for our ever popular Polar Medicine course. There are only a few spaces left so click HEREif you’re thinking of joining us.

Course News

We listen to our delegates and as part of our improvement strategy extended our next UK based course, to four full days. The course, which will be held in Dartmoor, will allow time for additional learning, a little more free time and greater networking opportunities. For more information visit our Expedition & Wilderness Medicine Dartmoor page HERE.

Interns/Electives

Great news for our readership who approach us about intern posts or electives. We are re-establishing our EWMi programme to accept an intern on each of our UK based courses. For more information on the application process click HERE.
If you have any questions about electives we’d recommend you take a look at what our great friends at Adventure Medic are doing. It’s a fantastic resource which contains accounts from returning medics, but check out their resources section for elective opportunities!

We want to hear from you

Your experiences: We love a good blog (or vlog) that shares your experiences with the wider world. EWM was born out of adventure and although we’re passionate about delivering high quality training, adventure is still in our soul and we enjoy reading your tales and admiring your photos.

Your photos: Photography is another passion of ours, bridging languages, sharing culture and stirring the deepest emotions. If you have a great snap you’d like to see appear in our newsletter then get in touch HERE

The view from EWM towers is a very exciting one and here's why.

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Expedition & Wilderness Medicine

News and updates

The view from EWM towers is a very exciting one and here’s why.

Moving forward

We’re delighted to announce the development of a new postgraduate education programme in Expedition, Wilderness and Extreme Medicine where students will work towards a Certificate, Diploma and MSc.
Building on over a decade of successful evolving courses to highlight Expedition Medicine as a career option, we feel that now is the right time to take a step forward and offer a formal postgraduate programme that matches the increasing levels of clinical governance in this field. We think you’ll all agree that this is really exciting for us at EWM, but also for medics out there who wish to formalise the learning and skills they have picked up in this exciting field of medicine.
If you’re interested and would like to hear more news as we announce it, be sure to sign up to our postgraduate mailing list HERE.

Next stop…
..New Zealand.

To be a little more precise we’ll be off to the beautiful Southern Alps for our ever popular Polar Medicine course. There are only a few spaces left so click HEREif you’re thinking of joining us.

Course News

We listen to our delegates and as part of our improvement strategy extended our next UK based course, to four full days. The course, which will be held in Dartmoor, will allow time for additional learning, a little more free time and greater networking opportunities. For more information visit our Expedition & Wilderness Medicine Dartmoor page HERE.

Interns/Electives

Great news for our readership who approach us about intern posts or electives. We are re-establishing our EWMi programme to accept an intern on each of our UK based courses. For more information on the application process click HERE.
If you have any questions about electives we’d recommend you take a look at what our great friends at Adventure Medic are doing. It’s a fantastic resource which contains accounts from returning medics, but check out their resources section for elective opportunities!

We want to hear from you

Your experiences: We love a good blog (or vlog) that shares your experiences with the wider world. EWM was born out of adventure and although we’re passionate about delivering high quality training, adventure is still in our soul and we enjoy reading your tales and admiring your photos.

Your photos: Photography is another passion of ours, bridging languages, sharing culture and stirring the deepest emotions. If you have a great snap you’d like to see appear in our newsletter then get in touch HERE

Extreme Medicine – Ebola Imagery from UN photographer Rob Holden

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The Extreme Medicine Conference in 2015 will be featuring the unique work of photographers working within a humanitarian setting, working with MSF, UN Photographer Rob Holden, the Phoenix Foundation and WarChild, the conferences charity of the year. Each individual and organisation will be presenting 20 images that will inspire, provoke thought but ultimately create a desire for change…

First we feature some of the photography from inspirational image maker Rob Holden from a series entitled ‘A Tribute to Health Workers’.

‘MEMORY WALL’
Gallery images selected for Extreme Medicine ’15

Ebola and the impacts of disease – health workers in Sierra Leone

Rob Holden is a documentary photographer who has been engaged with global humanitarian issues for the past 20 years. Through his work Rob strives to connect with real people and communicate a meaningful message. Working for a range of organisations such as the UK Government, the United Nations and NGO’s, he has operated most notably in Afghanistan, Indonesia, Iraq, Kosovo, Liberia, Pakistan, Sierra Leone and Nepal.

More recently, Rob spent several months in Ebola affected countries capturing images of health workers. Men and women who often go unrecognised for the critical work they play, and are risking their own lives to save the sick and dying, and protect the healthy from infection.

Health workers are the most important aspect of any health service. No health workers means no health service. The photo exhibition is devoted to honouring the dedication, selflessness, bravery and critical role of health workers who endeavour to help others, often in challenging and dangerous environments.

For further information: www.robholdenphotography.com

MORE ABOUT EXTREME MEDICINE ’15

Now in its fourth year, the World Extreme Medicine conference challenges thinking, builds bridges and shares new and more effective approaches to medical practice in the world’s most remote and austere locations.

The conference focuses on four related medical fields: Pre-Hospital, Disaster & Humanitarian, Expedition, and Extreme Medicine. Together, our programme of fascinating talks from world-renowned experts in their field – from Arctic explorers to vascular surgeons, remote medics to NASA personnel – and practical sessions on innovations and field-proven techniques and ‘hacks’, will inspire you and enhance your skills, helping you to become a more effective and highly valued practitioner of remote medicine.

INTERNATIONAL WORLD EXTREME MEDICINE CONFERENCE ’15 LONDON

Expedition & Wilderness Medicine develops postgraduate education programme

5th June 2015Mark HannafordExpedition & Wilderness MedicineAcademic program, expedition, extreme, medicine, remote, wilderness

Expedition & Wilderness Medicine are excited to announce our new study programme designed to provide adventurous medics with practical skills, expertise and clinical knowledge to be confident, capable medics in remote, austere and low resource environments.

• Certificate in Expedition and Wilderness Medicine
A foundation core knowledge base.

• Diploma in Expedition and Wilderness Medicine
Builds on skills and knowledge learned and extends field-based expertise

• MSC in Extreme Medicine
A formalised postgraduate programme of study including a research project

Building on more than a decade of experience successfully delivering worldwide expedition and wilderness medicine courses, we have developed a new programme which will take our provision of learning to a new level and give medics across the globe an opportunity to work towards formal post graduate qualification in this incredibly exciting field of medicine. These formal qualifications will allow us to demonstrate the extent of our knowledge and skill level, professionalise Expedition Medicine to meet the needs of increasing levels of clinical governance and to improve patient safety, quality of care and outcomes in remote environments.

Working with a partner university, to establish these postgraduate courses and secure academic credibility, we are hoping to soon be in discussion with the Royal College of Surgeons Edinburgh and The Faculty of Pre-Hospital Care.

The new course programme will follow the existing format of postgraduate education and comprise modules that on completion, provide credits towards chosen levels of postgraduate learning. Here at Expedition & Wilderness Medicine, we understand that people lead busy lives and have limited annual leave, so we are tailoring the courses to allow a high proportion of flexible on line learning, coupled with intensive weekend and one week consolidation courses and workshops.

Expedition & Wilderness Medicine is also developing a mobile app to access learning resources and the global expedition and wilderness medicine community. Our app will provide us with a platform to engage with our community to help shape the evolving elective course content and modules- you can tell us what you want to learn. We are also engaging with our worldwide partners on the ground and in the field to give medics access to the key real world skills that will make them stand out from the crowd.

Our first core modules go live later this year and will be unveiled at the World Extreme Medicine Conference in London, 26-29 October. In addition we will be asking conference delegates for their opinions and ideas to help shape the courses and create a dynamic, two-way, adult learning experience.

Background

Expedition & Wilderness Medicine (EWM) is a leading provider of remote medical training to doctors, nurses and paramedics from across the globe. It uses experiential lectures to teach the clinical mind-set and practical skills necessary to be able to perform effectively in a to provide safe and effective medical care in low resource, hostile and austere environments.

EWM also hosts the World International Extreme Medicine conference series. This will be the platform for presentation of research and dissertation work from the final year of the MSc.

Now in its fourth year, the conference challenges thinking, builds bridges and introduces new ideas about medicine at its most remote and austere. The conference brings together four disparate but overlapping medical fields in one arena: Pre-Hospital, Disaster & Humanitarian, Expedition Medicine and Global Health, with experts in each field presenting the latest thinking and techniques, and sharing their inspiring stories. Venue information, Central Hall Westminster, 26-29 October, 2015: www.extrememedicineexpo.com

Contact Expedition & Wilderness Medicine or the Extreme Medicine Conference series on: 01297 20583 or at: operations@expedition-medicine.com

Expedition & Wilderness Medicine develops postgraduate education programme

5th June 2015Mark HannafordExpedition & Wilderness MedicineAcademic program, expedition, extreme, medicine, remote, wilderness

Expedition & Wilderness Medicine are excited to announce our new study programme designed to provide adventurous medics with practical skills, expertise and clinical knowledge to be confident, capable medics in remote, austere and low resource environments.