Kitty Duncan / An introduction to the key topic of altitude illness, including pathophysiology, HACE, HAPE, prevention and treatment.

Hannah Evans / Event medicine is great fun and a useful opportunity to keep your expedition medicine skills up when you have limited annual leave. Here’s our guide to getting involved.

An excellent series of videos from NRS and R3, featuring whitewater safety expert and Wilderness Emergency Medicine Technician Jim Coffey on all aspects of swiftwater rescue.

Sano Babu Sunawar / Adventure Medic catches up with the National Geographic Adventurer of the Year. We discuss Everest, which was the first mountain he ever climbed, his incredible paragliding and kayaking feats and his motivation. Babu also offers a little advice for expedition doctors. (Photo: Matt Wilkes)

Matt Wilkes / We highlight the work of the International Porter Protection Group, including their Recommendations for Ethical Trekking, the Gokyo and Machermo Rescue Posts, weight limits and how you can get involved. (Photo: Pete Greig)

Alyson Calder / Adventure Medic interviews the organiser of the UK Space Medicine Conference about her lifelong interest, her elective at Kennedy Space Centre, the UK Space Medicine Association and chest compressions on the moon.

Alys Hunter / Dave Hall / Alys discusses life as an RAF Doctor and gives an overview of the work of the Centre for Aviation Medicine. The article is illustrated with some great photos by Dave Hall.

Four British doctors tell Adventure Medic how they got involved in flying light aircraft, gliders (sailplanes), hang gliders and paragliders and how you can too.

Damien Brown / Editor Rowena Clark speaks to Damien Brown, author of Band Aid for a Broken Leg: Being a Doctor With No Borders (and Other Ways to Stay Single) about his work on and off the page

Nicole Chastain / Nicole, an experienced flight attendant with a major US Airline tells us a little about what happens during medical emergencies in flight.