News & Features
Cold Card
The Wilderness Medical Society have published a free, printable, double-sided card, summarising the key elements of hypothermia evaluation and field care for laypersons, trained rescuers and first responders.
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Photo & Video
Two Boys on a Bike for Sight: Arclight Tandem Africa
Undergraduate students from St Andrew’s University in Scotland set off on their record-breaking journey by tandem bicycle across Africa to deliver the Arclight device, a compact and robust sustainable opthalmoscope and otoscope, to help equip local health workers to tackle leading causes of preventable blindness and deafness.
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Adventures
Wild Nepal
Following the devastating earthquake of 2015, Dr Nathasha Basheer was inspired to return to Nepal, a country she first visited following her foundation years. Despite her ongoing commitment to paediatric training in the UK, she organised to spend two weeks volunteering with The Wild Medic Project. Here she recounts her trip as a ‘Wild Medic’ and how she felt returning […]
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Students
There and Back Again: An Emergency Medicine Elective in New Zealand
Emily is an FY1 doctor in Chesterfield, after graduating from Nottingham Medical School in 2017. She spent her final weeks of medical school on elective in Rotorua, working in their Emergency Department (ED) and taking advantage of New Zealand’s rich culture and great outdoors.
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Core Skills
Ski Patrol Equipment in Scotland
Harriet Gray-Stephens, a ski patroller in Glenshee, gives us the lowdown on first aid equipment in Scotland. Tips and photos from an adventure medic who loves the snow.
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