News & Features
Ubuntu Network
Adventure Medic editor Dr Imara Gluning interviews Dr Ben Alba, founder of Ubuntu Network. Born from a difficult case at Everest Base Camp, the Ubuntu Network brings expedition medics together to share experiences, challenges, and lessons learned. In this interview, Ben reflects on its origins, ethos, and how you can get involved.
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Core Skills
From Bradycardia to Barotrauma: An Expedition Medic’s Guide to the Physiology of Freediving
Freediving places the body under extreme pressure, triggering unique physiological responses that conserve oxygen and protect vital organs. This article explores the dive reflex, lung compression, hypoxia tolerance, and the limits of human adaptation, highlighting both the beauty and biological challenges of breath-hold diving.
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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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