Tonya Cruikshank / The Skifield Medical Coordinator from Queenstown, NZ gives us the lowdown of applying first aid in the ski field as well as considerations for all of us when we venture onto the slope.

Sam Crimmin / Gives us an update on the history and current approach to treating seal bites, a common problem in the polar tourist trade.

Rowena Clark / Takes a look at Skateistan, one of our favourite charities: an organisation dedicated empowering children in Afghanistan and Cambodia through skateboarding and getting them back to school.

Rowena Clark / Highlights the work of charities Medical Aid Films (MAF) and Medics Against Violence (MAV). Read about them, give, get involved or stop by for some lunch.

Rowena Clark / Adventure Medic Editor finds some different ways to get involved in good causes this summer, from giving, to working, to drinking (altruistically).

Sept 2012 / Planning an elective in South or Central America but worried about how you’ll get by with our Spanglish? Kings College London provide this interactive distance learning course designed for medical students with no prior knowledge of Spanish. It covers basic language structure and vocabulary using typical medical scenarios and topics. Click for more information and to download the application form.

Sept 2012 / Bangor ED are offering an amazing opportunity in prehospital care for middle-grade EM trainees. The Clinical Fellowship in Emergency Medicine and Prehospital Care involves 80% of your time working in a rural ED, 20% out in the field: be it out with the Welsh Ambulance, flying with the RAF, or night search and extrication training. You don’t even need any prior experience in prehospital medicine to apply. Posts start in August.

Sept 2012 / The BMC, Volker Schöffl and other international experts have organised a weekend symposium devoted to the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of climbing-specific injuries. Coaches, doctors, surgeons, allied health professionals, climbers, parents of dedicated young climbers, sport and exercise specialists are welcome and CPD points are available and scientific posters on climbing-related work are invited for submission.

Sept 2012 / Glasgow doctor Tom Berriman will be riding his vintage British Velocette motorcycle from London to Addis Ababa come November. Follow his adventures and wish him bon voyage!

Sept 2012 / Fancy yourself as team doctor after the Olympics? This one-day conference may be a good start. Billed as ‘Sports Medicine – more of what you wanted to know but never dared to ask’. Bristol, 19 October 2012.