News & Features
WMS Clinical Practice Guidelines: 2019 Update
The Wilderness Medical Society has updated its Clinical Practice Guidelines. The 2019 update included the guidelines on altitude illness, frostbite, heat illness, accidental hypothermia, drowning, spinal cord protection, water disinfection and diabetes. Essential reference for all expedition medics.
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Photo & Video
Doctors’ Mental Health – A Call for Action
A brave and honest talk presented at TEDxAuckland by London paediatrician Dr Zeshan Qureshi on the failure of the healthcare system to protect its doctors’ mental health.
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Adventures
Mountain Marathon Medicine in Nepal
Dr Elizabeth Chamberlain describes the challenges of being a medical volunteer for a gruelling marathon in the mountains of Nepal.
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Students
An Outback Elective
Bobby Greig is a runner, climber and mountaineer who is currently working in South Scotland. He spent his elective in Alice Springs, Australia during spring 2017. In his article, Bobby tells us about work and play in The Outback.
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Core Skills
WMS Clinical Practice Guidelines: 2019 Update
The Wilderness Medical Society has updated its Clinical Practice Guidelines. The 2019 update included the guidelines on altitude illness, frostbite, heat illness, accidental hypothermia, drowning, spinal cord protection, water disinfection and diabetes. Essential reference for all expedition medics.
Read more »
