In their first ‘Extreme Medicine’ video podcast, Yash and Jan take us back to Everest Base Camp where they chat to the Spring 2014 season Everest ER doctors about the challenges of medicine at remote high altitude.

In 2003, American ER doctor Luanne Freer, founded the world’s highest medical facility at 5345m: ‘Everest ER’. Adventure Medic Staff Writer Hannah Evans caught up for an interview.

Adventure Medic is delighted to introduce Dr Yashvi Wimalasena and Dr Jan Trojanowski and their ‘Extreme Medicine’ video podcasts. Together, over the next few months, we will be taking you all over the world, from mile-high medicine aboard a 747, to the poles and up into space through a series of educational video podcasts on all things extreme medicine.

Familiarity with BS 8848: the Specification for the Provision of Visits, Fieldwork, Expeditions and Adventurous Activity is crucial for those working as expedition or event medics. After all, soon it may be what you are judged by. Jim Moonie bought a copy so we didn’t have to.

Surgeon Lieutenant Jo Laird of HMS Somerset chats to Adventure Medic about the challenges and rewards of military medicine as a Royal Navy doctor.

We catch up with the fast-rising French extreme sports filmmaker Shams, fresh back from Ektremsportveko in Norway. He tells us to get a GoPro, a first aid kit, a cat and follow your dreams.

Jamie van Oppen walks us through Mountain Leader training scheme.

Excellent news! The GMC have updated their Approved Practice Setting Requirements, making them much more ameanable for Foundation and junior doctors involved in event medicine, expeditions and prehospital care. Here is our guide to the changes.

Following on from their excellent Guide to Expedition Dentistry for Medics, Burj and Matt present a more detailed article on how to deal with an avulsed tooth and dental trauma in the field.

A team of students, doctors and researchers prepare for an expedition to the Bolivian Andes where they will perform valuable medical research into altitude illness.