International Photography Competition 2022 – Sustainable Adventure Award

The climate crisis is also a health crisis. Sustainability has become a buzz word but what are the goals and realistic suggestions for reaching them?

Dr Chris Grieco reviews his experience in the Atlas Mountains on the return of WMT’s Mountain Medicine course after a 2 year hiatus due to the covid-19 pandemic.

Chris has worked as an expedition medic in the deserts, rainforests and mountains from the Atlas to Himalayan. A highly experienced UK paramedic, Chris shares how expedition medicine has been his gateway to travelling the world and discusses indemnity, supervision, registration and qualifications for paramedics interested in the field.

David is a Special Rescue Paramedic currently operating overseas in a variety of extreme or austere environments. In 2016 David spent several months with special operations medical teams in Greece during the Syrian refugee crisis. He provided various aid roles from emergency medical care to small-boat and shore rescue. In this piece, David recounts his experiences working as a Special Rescue Technician at the height of the refugee crisis.

Kevin Grange is a paramedic and the award-winning author of Lights & Sirens and Wild Rescues. In this article, Kevin delights us with culture and tales from his expeditions to Bhutan.

It boasts an impressive array of speakers, a schedule packed full of talks to inspire, and diverse workshops that’ll equip you with new skills. It’s sure to appeal to anybody with an interest in practising adventurous medicine, be that expedition work, humanitarian medicine, military or disaster relief. Here’s our review of the 2021 event.

Introducing our friends at The Shift Extension. A free-to-access, open-sourced publication for paramedics.

Adventure Medic awarded “Best Online Specialist Healthcare Publication 2021”.

Becky is an ST5 Paediatric Specialist Registrar in the North-West of England. After completing her professional membership exams she took time Out of Programme for Experience (OOPE) to complete a Diploma in Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (DTM&H) at Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM). She also spent six months in Sierra Leone with the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) Global Links Programme from September 2020 to February 2021.