Dr Katherine Murdoch / ED Expedition Clinical Fellow / Bristol Dr Zoe Carter Tai / ED Global Health Clinical Fellow / Bristol Dr Constance Osborne / Evidence Explorer Lead / London Contents Introduction and Collaborators Expedition and Wilderness Medicine Section Global Health and Humanitarian Medicine Section Want to get involved? We are changing the publication schedule of the Evidence Explorer […]

Movie: Loved By All: The Story of Apa Sherpa Where: Vimeo About: The film traces the journey of Apa Sherpa, a Nepalese mountaineer who holds the world record for climbing Mount Everest 21 times. Yet behind this extraordinary accomplishment lies a story of hardship; Apa was forced to leave school at the age of 12 and work as a high-altitude […]

Dr Leung writes about his aeromedical retrieval elective completed with MedSTAR in South Australia. Complex retrieval cases, the role of rural medicine in remote Australia and how you can organise your own.

Medical student Kacylia Roy Proulx takes on Mount Kilimanjaro, as both a personal endeavour, and an opportunity to see physiology & mountain medicine in action.

Evidence-based guidance on the latest in identification, classification and management of frostbite injuries.

Theresa Menders is co-author of “Psychological First Aid: Pocket Field Guide”. In this article, she introduces psychological first aid, highlighting its role in providing emotional support during crises. She emphasizes its accessibility, offering practical steps anyone can take to help others manage during both large-scale disasters and personal emergencies.

Movie: Last Breath Where: Netflix About: The documentary is about a near-death experience in commercial diving, focusing on the incredible story of saturation diver Chris Lemons. While performing underwater maintenance work at a depth of over 100 meters (328 feet) on the seafloor of the North Sea, his diving umbilical, which supplies him with breathing gas, warmth, and communication with […]

The annual event in Edinburgh where the world of wilderness and extreme medicine comes together to learn, share and develop as professionals, as well as inspire the next generation. Read our review of the 2024 World Extreme Medicine conference.

Dr Claire Hall / IMT trainee / Royal Bournemouth Hospital, Wessex / @clairehall39 Dr Lucy Longbottom / Foundation Year 3 Doctor / Royal Cornwall Hospital, Truro / @ljlongbottom The year of 2022-23 was the first year Endeavour Medical opened up their Expedition and Remote Medicine Fellowships for aspirational colleagues to join their team. In this article, two previous fellows, Claire […]

This is the first article in our Masterclass series on ‘Pay in the Expedition Community’. Fair pay for medics working on expeditions has long been a contentious issue. With no guidance available from a professional body, this article aims to begin to carve the way towards a consensus on fair renumeration for expedition medics.