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.

Dr Emily Watts tells us about her experience in Cumbria as a Clinical Fellow working in Emergency Medicine with a Special Interest in Pre-Hospital Emergency Medicine. Read on to hear about her work with a local Air Ambulance, Mountain Rescue Team, and more.

Abbie Oster / Medical Student / King’s College London Soo Jeong Han / Medical Student / King’s College London Dr Constance Osborne / Evidence Explorer Lead / Bristol Contents Introduction and Collaborators Expedition and Wilderness Medicine Section Global Health and Humanitarian Medicine Section Want to get involved? ‘April showers bring May flowers…’ This old adage feels appropriate for the wet […]

Another round of great film, book, and podcast recommendations from the Adventure medic team. We hope you enjoy.

A review of the World Extreme Medicine 2023 conference by our very own, Dr Abbey Wrathall. An event with lots of exciting speakers and workshops.

Dr Lydia Potter / Junior Clinical Fellow Emergency Medicine and Paediatrics / Bangor Dr Klara Weaver / Locum Acute and Emergency Medicine Doctor / Inverness Dr Constance Osborne / Locum Emergency Medicine Doctor / Bristol Contents Introduction and Collaborators Global Health and Humanitarian Medicine Section Expedition and Wilderness Medicine Section Want to get involved? At last, the crocuses are out […]

Doctor Katharine Ganly shares her experience of the Senior Clinical Fellowship in Pre-Hospital Emergency Medicine at Ysbyty Gwynedd, Bangor, where she worked with both air and ground pre-hospital teams as well as managing everything from mountain trauma to snake bites in the ED.

Your quarterly AM Team recommendations. This time it is about the movie ‘Bear Island’, the book ‘Mountain Rescue Doctor’ and the podcast ‘Wilderness Medicine Podcast, Medic SOS’