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Dr Katherine Murdoch / ED Expedition Clinical Fellow / Bristol Dr Zoe Carter Tai / ED Global Health Clinical Fellow / Bristol Dr Constance Osborne / Evidence Explorer Lead / London Contents Introduction and Collaborators Expedition and Wilderness Medicine Section Global Health and Humanitarian Medicine Section Want to get involved? We are changing the publication schedule of the Evidence Explorer […]

Movie: Loved By All: The Story of Apa Sherpa Where: Vimeo About: The film traces the journey of Apa Sherpa, a Nepalese mountaineer who holds the world record for climbing Mount Everest 21 times. Yet behind this extraordinary accomplishment lies a story of hardship; Apa was forced to leave school at the age of 12 and work as a high-altitude […]

Movie: Last Breath Where: Netflix About: The documentary is about a near-death experience in commercial diving, focusing on the incredible story of saturation diver Chris Lemons. While performing underwater maintenance work at a depth of over 100 meters (328 feet) on the seafloor of the North Sea, his diving umbilical, which supplies him with breathing gas, warmth, and communication with […]

The annual event in Edinburgh where the world of wilderness and extreme medicine comes together to learn, share and develop as professionals, as well as inspire the next generation. Read our review of the 2024 World Extreme Medicine conference.

This is the first article in our Masterclass series on ‘Pay in the Expedition Community’. Fair pay for medics working on expeditions has long been a contentious issue. With no guidance available from a professional body, this article aims to begin to carve the way towards a consensus on fair renumeration for expedition medics.

Dr Jake Warrington / Sheffield / Emergency Medicine Junior Clinical Fellow Vivienne Mathews / Scotland / Medical Student Dr Constance Osborne / London / Evidence Explorer Lead Contents Introduction and Collaborators Expedition and Wilderness Medicine Section Global Health and Humanitarian Medicine Section Want to get involved? Thank you for joining us once again at the Evidence Explorer. As an academic […]

Movie: The man who wanted to see it all Where: Netflix About: On August 22, 1962, Heinz Stücke left Hövelhoff in Germany with his bicycle and a tent. Driven by an insatiable desire for adventure, he navigates diverse cultures and landscapes, forming connections with locals and confronting personal challenges along the way. Now, he returns home for the first time […]

Dr Edi Albert / Royal Flying Doctor Service The initial guide to marine envenomation was published in May 2016. With summer around the corner for the southern hemisphere, we thought it was time this important but rarely encountered condition was brought to the forefront again. Here is Dr Edi Albert’s original article again for your education, with an update on […]

Interested in working as a doctor in diving and hyperbaric medicine? Ash Sithirapathy describes her experience of working as the first-ever F2 doctor in Diving and Hyperbaric Medicine at the DDRC Hyperbaric Chamber in Plymouth, Devon.