Dr Lari Trease / Sports and Exercise Medicine Physician / University of Tasmania, Australia Dr Trease is an Australian Sport and Exercise Physician and the Unit Coordinator for Extreme Sports Medicine, a subject that will be offered for the first time in 2021 as part of the Healthcare in Remote and Extreme Environments program at the University of Tasmania, Australia. […]

Dr Stuart Allan combines his day-job as a GP in Cumbria with teaching on the UK Diploma of Mountain Medicine, and runs…a lot! Stuart has learned through practice and subsequent research, the truths behind hydration for optimum performance in endurance events.

Far from help and faced with a patient in acute pain; what are your options for analgesia in the remote setting? Dr Craig Miller discusses the rationale for including Penthrox® in his medical kit.

Dr Edi Albert Taking the science of medical error analysis and systems-based thinking out of the hospital, our very own Adventure Medic patron, Dr Edi Albert takes us through a case-based account of how we can learn from and ultimately prevent mistakes when on expeditions or in the wilderness. We also learn that sometimes the most valuable skills any expedition […]

The Faculty of Prehospital Care (FHPC) have just published guidance for medics on British Standard 8848. BS 8848 is the good practice guideline for those organising overseas trips, including visits, fieldwork, expeditions, and adventurous activities outside the United Kingdom.

With so many opportunities available for experience around training programmes there can be difficult decisions for junior doctors deciding, if, when and how, to best combine their other interests with their medical career. Here, we proudly present Adventure Medic’s Updated Guide to Taking Time Out From UK Training.

The RCSEd Faculty of Prehospital Care has released updated guidance for medical provision for wilderness medicine. The revised 2019 version includes updates to the skills framework and expedition risk matrix, and broader consideration of competencies beyond purely medical skills.

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.

Looking after divers on expedition? The docs from Plymouth’s hyperbaric medical facility, DDRC Healthcare, run us through the physiology and management of decompression illness.

Harriet Gray-Stephens, a ski patroller in Glenshee, gives us the lowdown on first aid equipment in Scotland. Tips and photos from an adventure medic who loves the snow.