The University of Edinburgh APEX 5 organising team, and Adventure Medic Student Rep Rebecca Trimble, reflect on their work investigating the impact of hypoxia and altitude on a research trip to Bolivia in 2016.

Tom Bennett, our 2017 Elective Competition winner, on his elective, and trip of a lifetime, to the north of India, with the Himalayan Health Exchange.

Dr Will Duffin, a Bristol-based GP and expedition medic, recalls his recent experience of being caught in the path of a forest fire whilst providing medical cover for a charity trekking trip in Madagascar.

In 2016, Philippa Hardy travelled to Nepal, spending time alongside Professors Upendra Devkota and Henry Marsh at the National Institute of Neurological and Allied Sciences (NINAS) in Kathmandu. At a general surgical camp in Ghorka District, she encountered a desperate situation with no easy answer.

Ali Blatcher on being a TV doctor for Channel 4’s reality tv programme Eden. Certainly an alternative career for an adventure medic.

So, how do you attend a job interview from a remote highway in Kazakhstan?

Dr Stephen Fabes summarises his epic journey away from medicine, cycling across 6 continents and taking in marginalised & far-flung medical clinics & projects along the way. He finishes by telling us why it’s so important for us to support humanitarian campaign As One.

Dr Nick Carter has sailed over 50,000 nautical miles cruising on his own boat, racing or adventure sailing. He tells us about a recent trip free diving in the Antarctic peninsula and gives his thoughts on being a ‘sailing medic’.

Dr Meinir Jones fills us in on what it was like to be the on-ice medic for a crossing of the polar ice cap, supporting military veteran and amputee, Pete Bowker.

Expeditions are rarely unqualified successes. The rough comes with the smooth. However, for an easier ride please read Erin Kilborn’s tale of a river trip to Puerto Prado in Peru before you go.