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Typhoon Haiyan UK Medical Response Teams

Typhoon Haiyan UK Medical Response Teams

Some interesting video interviews from the Department for International Development (DFID), featuring members of the UK’s Typhoon Haiyan medical response teams in the Philippines

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Dive Medicine Elective

Dive Medicine Elective

Thomas Eriksen, final year medical student at the University of Glasgow on the ups and downs of an elective in dive medicine at the Townsville Hyperbaric Unit in Australia.

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Xtreme Everest 2

Xtreme Everest 2

Adam Sheperdigian, Ned Gilbert-Kawai / An overview of the projects and the sheer logistical effort involved in the follow up expedition to Caudwell Xtreme Everest. Want to know how to get three labs, fifteen tonnes of kit and three hundred yaks up Everest in the name of science? Then please, read on.

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Denali Dreaming

Denali Dreaming

Denali, or Mount McKinley for the uninitiated, is the tallest mountain in North America and one of the Seven Summits. Though in the same country as some of the most expensive health care in the world, it is an austere environment. Matt Knox made the climb this year, finding that no matter where you are, you are still a doctor.

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Charley Boorman's Expedition Doctor

Charley Boorman’s Expedition Doctor

Adventure Medic Editor Hannah catches up with Steve Brennan, general surgeon and expedition doctor for Charley Boorman on his 10,000 mile lap of Africa. They talk Mongol Rallies, well-stocked Defenders, medicine on the road and winegums

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Cornwall to Capetown

Cornwall to Capetown

The story of three SHOs travelling from Cornwall to Capetown in an old landrover, working in Uganda, Malawi and Ethopia and raising money for charity. A true adventure.

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AMECA

AMECA

Rowena Clark / Chats to Ruthie Markus, founder of Alex’s Medical Clinic in Africa about setting up a sustainable healthcare initiative in Malawi, as well as opportunities for elective students

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Student Photo Competition 2013

Student Photo Competition 2013

We are proud to announce the winners of our 2013 photography competition in association with Student Wilderness Medicine Conference UK: Rachael Parker, Adam Gold, Benjamin Watts and Tim Browning.

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Yannick de Jager Interview

Yannick de Jager Interview

Adventure Medic chats to Yannick de Jager, Dutch professional surfer and ambassador for the European Association of Surfing Doctors about his life, surfing and a little bit of medicine

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Into The Mind

Into The Mind

From the makers of All.I.Can – a mountain sports portrait of humankind by Sherpas Cinema.

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