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.

After completing Foundation Training in the UK, Calum and Ellen decided to move to New Zealand. They share their experiences of Urgent Care in NZ as well as the adventures along the way.

Dr Munro Moffat relives his winter working at the incredible sports medicine and general practice training programme at Niseko International Clinic, Japan.

Dr Noemi Welsch talks about her experience of volunteering with the Floating Doctors in Panama.

Medical student Kacylia Roy Proulx takes on Mount Kilimanjaro, as both a personal endeavour, and an opportunity to see physiology & mountain medicine in action.

Theresa Menders is co-author of “Psychological First Aid: Pocket Field Guide”. In this article, she introduces psychological first aid, highlighting its role in providing emotional support during crises. She emphasizes its accessibility, offering practical steps anyone can take to help others manage during both large-scale disasters and personal emergencies.

Dr Kalpanee Wijendra describes her time working with the Tshemba Foundation in rural South Africa.

Dr Ben Dunton is currently working in remote primary and emergency healthcare in Papua New Guinea. The location is popular with adventurous surfers, divers, and billionaires arriving on superyachts. On occasion, they become unstuck and require emergency healthcare. Ben describes a recent case of acute febrile illness in a traveller aboard a superyacht.

Dr Emily Watts tells us about her experience in Cumbria as a Clinical Fellow working in Emergency Medicine with a Special Interest in Pre-Hospital Emergency Medicine. Read on to hear about her work with a local Air Ambulance, Mountain Rescue Team, and more.

In this article, Juan discovers the importance of community whilst volunteering as a medic for Floating Doctors in Panama.