News & Features
Paralpinism
Jake Holland, athlete and film maker and our very own, Matt Wilkes, senior lecturer at Plymouth Extreme Environments Laboratory, explore providing medical support to athletes practising paralpinism: where paragliding meets alpinism.
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Core Skills
Risk Management and the Expedition Medic
Dr Jonathan Messing reflects on the role of the expedition medic as risk manager and shares top tips gained from his wealth of expedition experience across the globe.
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Students
From Land to Sky – A Retrieval Medicine Elective
Dr Leung writes about his aeromedical retrieval elective completed with MedSTAR in South Australia. Complex retrieval cases, the role of rural medicine in remote Australia and how you can organise your own.
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Photo & Video
The Frenchy
With so much negative news and scaremongering in the media at the moment, we could all do with a bit of Jacques Huout in our lives. 41 years old (each leg), his zest for life and positive attitude is infectious. This short film is truly heartwarming and hopefully inspiring for all of us to get outside and live our lives, whatever our age.
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