Adventure Medic editor Dr Imara Gluning interviews Dr Ben Alba, founder of Ubuntu Network. Born from a difficult case at Everest Base Camp, the Ubuntu Network brings expedition medics together to share experiences, challenges, and lessons learned. In this interview, Ben reflects on its origins, ethos, and how you can get involved.

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.

Delivery of basic healthcare for displaced populations is challenging and complex. Grace share their experience of working as the field health coordinator for First Aid Support Team (FAST), an NGO working with migrant populations at the UK-France border in Calais.

Movie: Living in Emergency – Stories of Doctors Without Borders Where: Vimeo About: It’s a documentary that portrays the experiences of healthcare professionals working with Doctors Without Borders (Médecins Sans Frontières) in conflict and crisis regions. It sheds light on the difficulties, moral challenges, and emotional strain they encounter while providing critical medical services in hostile and extreme environments. The […]

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 […]