Category: News & Features

Alan, spinal injuries out-patient, and son Keiran play against James who has tetraplegia.

Rehabilitation Through Table Football

Emily Knox on foosball for spinal injury rehabilitation and why the Adventure Medic team got so badly thrashed by a man in a wheelchair playing with no goalie and using only one hand.

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Practical Approach to Snowsports Injuries (Part II)

Practical Approach to Snowsports Injuries (Part II)

In the second of his series of articles on snowsports injuries, Dr Edi Albert of Perisher Ski Resort discusses the assessment and management of knee and shoulder injuries from the ski doctor’s perspective.

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Avalanche Victim Resuscitation Checklist

Avalanche Victim Resuscitation Checklist

ICAR-MEDCOM have published a new Avalanche Victim Resuscitation Checklist based on their existing guidelines, summarising the decision tree for practitioners in the field.

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On a Wild Goose Chase

On a Wild Goose Chase

Dr Lucy Hawkes has spent the last few years chasing the bar-headed goose, one of the world’s highest flying birds, across the Tibetan Plateau. High technology meets old mountain tales meets the Christmas goose in our final article before the holidays.

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Practical Approach to Snowsports Injuries (Part I)

Practical Approach to Snowsports Injuries (Part I)

In the first of a series of articles on snowsports injuries, Dr Edi Albert of Perisher Ski Resort discusses the ‘at risk’ groups, common injury patterns in skiers and snowboarders and injury prevention.

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Guidance for Medical Provision for Wilderness Medicine

Guidance for Medical Provision for Wilderness Medicine

The Faculty of Prehospital Care (RCSEd) has published its Guidance for Medical Provision for Wilderness Medicine, a.k.a. the new UK expedition medicine competencies.

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Yarsagumba: The Quest for Himalayan Viagra

Yarsagumba: The Quest for Himalayan Viagra

Dr Sanjaya Karki on the (occasionally life-threatening) search for the mysterious Yarsagumba…

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AM Guide to Dental Extractions on Expedition

AM Guide to Dental Extractions on Expedition

Resident Dentist Burjor Langdana on how to perform a dental extraction in the field. Including the indications, equipment, procedure and post-extraction care.

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Doping in Endurance Sports

Doping in Endurance Sports

Doping is once again in the news. So, we asked Alistair Simpson, anaesthetist and international triathlete, to talk us through its history, testing and some interesting and infamous drugs of abuse.

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Care of the Wilderness Athlete

Care of the Wilderness Athlete

The Clinical Journal of Sports Medicine’s free special issue on Care of the Wilderness and Adventure Athlete.

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