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Archive for the ‘desert medicine’ Category
« Older EntriesLife after the Extreme Medicine Conference… our latest course roundup
May 4th, 2012 | .Newsletter, desert medicine, Expedition & Wilderness Medicine | Comments Off | 
EWM founder Mark Hannaford on the iconic Desert & Wilderness Medicine course
Desert & Wilderness Medicine CME accredited medical training course in Namibia
Sheltering the shadow of Brandberg Mountain, Namibia’s highest, EWM’s Desert & Wilderness Medicine course really is something different as Mark Hannaford explains
Developed for medical professionals and advanced medics working in hot or arid climates, the Desert and Wilderness Medicine medical training course aims to introduce participants to the skills required for working in hot, arid and sub Saharan areas, and to care for and treat injuries and illness likely to occur in this fascinating environment.
Book your place on Desert Medicine now …..www.expeditionmedicine.co.uk
Of interest - Conservation ‘Wild Medicine’ in Namibia
October 7th, 2011 | Africa, Brandberg, CME, CME Training, cme travel, desert medicine, Expedition & Wilderness Medicine, Expedition and Wilderness Medicine Facualty, Expedition Doctor, mark hannaford, medical training course, namibia, travel doctor | Comments Off |
Dr Christoffer van Tulleken joins the Desert Medicine Team in Namibia
Chris is currently an academic registrar at University College London Hospital in Infectious Disease and Tropical Medicine and has extensive experience of remote medicine and will be joining the Expedition and Wilderness Medicine Desert Medicine course in Namibia in early May.
Chris has been the medical consultant and location medic for more than 12 documentary series including BBC’s Tribe, Amazon and Human Planet. He has also presented several documentaries about humanitarianism, science and remote indigenous societies. 
Filming with remote populations in Congo, Peru and Russia lead to humanitarian work. Chris is a Patron of the medical aid agency Merlin and is also on their Emergency Response Team. He has worked as a Medical Coordinator in emergencies in Burma, Central African Republic and Pakistan.
After many years of climbing Chris was part of the team on the 2008 Caudwell Xtreme Everest Research expedition to Cho Oyu. A trip to Uganda to study worms in Chimpanzees lead to his current interest at UCL in primate viruses.
March 29th, 2011 | Brandberg, desert medicine, Expedition and Wilderness Medicine Facualty, medical training course | Comments Off |
Expedition Medicine medics involved with UNICEF challenges
Having participated in an Expedition and Wilderness Medicine training course can open up a whole network of contacts and opportunities, not only do expedition, media and travel organisations look more favourably on EWM trained medics who have participated in one of our courses we a have an incredible network of contacts who are constantly on adventures, working remotely and who need remote medical cover.
Recently expedition medics have been working with UNICEF and with a well known charity challenge compamy to provide medical cover on thier fundraising adventures – they are off to Namibia next and you can find out more about UNICEF’s fundraising expeditions here.
February 18th, 2011 | Adventure, Africa, desert medicine, expedition, Expedition & Wilderness Medicine, Expedition Doctor, Film and Media medical support, medical training course, namibia, Remote medicine, Travel, travel doctor, travel medic, wilderness medicine, Wilderness Medicine Training | Comments Off |
MDDUS interviews EWM Medical Director Dr Amy Hughes
MDDUS (Medical and Dental Defence Union of Scotland) took the oppurtunity in one of the quiter periods in Expedition and Wilderness Medicines Medical Director Amy Hughes hectic schedule to interview her about her career in expedition medicine.
Dr Hughes co-leads the Mountain Medicine course in Nepal with Everest ER founder Dr Luanne Freer in October
Extreme doctoring, expedition medic Dr Amy Hughes career
MDDUS (Medical and Dental Defence Union of Scotland) is an independent mutual organisation offering expert medico-legal advice, dento-legal advice and professional indemnity for doctors, dentists and other healthcare professionals throughout the UK.
February 16th, 2011 | desert medicine, Expedition & Wilderness Medicine, Expedition Doctor, mountain medicine, wilderness medic, Wilderness medical training, wilderness medicine, Wilderness Medicine Society, Wilderness Medicine Training | Comments Off |
Wilderness Medical Society approves Desert Medicine course in Namibia for 20.5 CME
Feedback from delegates in our unique Desert Medicine medical training course in Namibia is feedback enough but the Wilderness Medical Society has also awarded it 20.5 CME points.
‘I had a fantastic time and feel like I learnt a lot. I will definitely be signing up for more courses and recommending the courses to people I know!’ Desert course participant.
Developed for medical professionals or advanced medics working in hot or arid climates. The Desert Medicine Course aims to introduce participants to the skills required to be a valuable member of a desert expeditionary team, and to care for and treat injuries and illness likely to occur in this fascinating environment.
Our Desert Medicine Course is based in Damaraland, an area bounded to the south by the spectacular Namib Desert, to the east by the Kalahari, Ovamboland to the North and the world famous Skeleton Coast to the west. Located near the famous Doros Crater, a massive volcanic crater formed over 140 million years ago. Our training area is a stunning region, remote from civilisation, inhabited by an array of desert adapted flora and fauna and with some of the most remarkable night skies in the world. As a result of the recent changes in wildlife management in Namibia, the Doros Crater has been chosen as the region in which the endangered white rhinos are being released. It is a very exciting location inhabited by elephants, hyena, giraffe, rhinos, cheetahs and occasionally lions. It is almost unique in Namibia and for this reason we have endeavoured and been allowed to gain access to this virtually uninhabited area. Its the perfect location for our desert course.
January 24th, 2011 | CME Training, CME Travel, desert medicine, expedition, Expedition & Wilderness Medicine, Expedition Doctor, Extreme medicine, Media Crew Expedition Medical Support, medical training course, namibia, Wilderness and Environmental Medicine, wilderness medicine, Wilderness Medicine Society, Wilderness Medicine Training, WMS | Comments Off |
Expedition Medicine are delighted to announce the launch of a brand new medical malpractice insurance facility
Specifically aimed at Tour Medics and medical professionals accompanying groups/tours outside of the UK.
This product has been developed in conjunction with specialist industry brokers, Campbell Irvine and is open to all UK-resident medically-qualified professionals.
It is designed to work alongside your current UK medical malpractice cover and is competitively priced to reflect this.
Cover provides worldwide territorial limits and has a worldwide excluding North America legal jurisdiction as standard. Cover will not operate for UK risks, as these will be covered by your existing policy. The policy is underwritten by recognised Medical Malpractice Insurers.
Quotations are very quick and easy to obtain. Further information and application forms are available from Alan Pattison at Campbell Irvine on 020 7937 6981 or alan@campbellirvine.com
Campbell Irvine (Insurance Brokers) Limited are authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority
September 13th, 2010 | desert medicine, diving and marine medicine, Diving Medic, expedition, Expedition & Wilderness Medicine, Expedition Doctor, Jungle medicine, Media Crew Expedition Medical Support, medical training course, mountain medicine, polar medicine, Remote medicine, travel doctor, travel medic, Wilderness and Environmental Medicine, wilderness medic | Comments Off |
It rained in the desert!
The 2010 Desert Course
Our foreign courses always run on a fairly fluid timetable, but this year’s Desert Course in Namibia was certainly more fluid than expected. Having never seen rain in the desert before, we had rain every day bar one, most of it torrential. A storm on the second night tried its hardest to blow down/away most of the tents and the large tarps put up by Faan, our local agent. His cooking staff had never experienced such a storm and then still managed to produce a hot meal for us all shortly afterwards.
We still had a great week. The group included some extremely experienced medics and everybody contributed to the learning. A fascinating demonstration of snake handling from Stuart involved his venomous and non-venomous snakes and a parabusis scorpion.
We trekked in some seriously hot conditions and at times were lucky with cloud cover. One unexpected bonus was coming across a deep pool of water in a bend on a (usually permanently dry) riverbed giving us the chance to swim in the desert – magical. The view from the high peak of the Doros Crater Rim was well worth the walk in. Out final night out was luckily under the beautiful Southern Cross and the other stars as the clouds finally relented. We walked past fresh rhino tracks and saw herds of zebra, springbok and flighty ostriches as we drove out. Faan looked after us impeccably as usual.
Mother Nature surprised us again at the end of the course when the volcanic ash prevented Mark and I, and many of the course participants from flying home at our intended times. The latest person home was 10 days late and one participant endured an epic 3 day flight/train/train/ferry/train/ferry/train journey. At least we are all getting used to the unexpected.
Caroline Knox
April 28th, 2010 | Adventure, Africa, desert medicine, Expedition & Wilderness Medicine, Expedition Doctor, medical training course, namibia, Remote medicine, travel doctor, travel medic, Wilderness and Environmental Medicine, wilderness medic, wilderness medicine | Comments Off |
Free Medical Training for Media Production Companies working in Remote Locations
Medical Training for Media 
Production Companies
Dates for 2010 to be announced
Royal Geographical Society, London
This is a free training seminar, limited to 25 places, for people involved in filming or media projects abroad in locations where medical cover is not close at hand. It will highlight the biggest risks and you will learn how to administer immediate care and the importance of including the medical provision in your planning.
Anyone who is part of a media crew or production company working on location abroad in remote environments or who is filming and photographing adventurous activities.
Interested? Then contact Piers Carter on Piers@expeditionmedicine.co.uk or 07801 104604
October 1st, 2009 | Adventure, Arctic Medicine, desert medicine, diving and marine medicine, expedition, Expedition & Wilderness Medicine, Expedition Doctor, Film and Media medical support, Jungle medicine, Media Crew Expedition Medical Support, medical training course, polar medicine, Remote medicine, Travel, travel doctor, travel medic, Wilderness and Environmental Medicine, wilderness medic, wilderness medicine | Comments Off |
Cervical collar or SAM splint in a pre-hospital wilderness environment – Dr Sean Hudson reviews
For some time there has been a debate about the value of cervical collars in the pre-hospital wilderness environment. A recent article has lent weight to the ‘don’t take collars on expedition’ protagonists.
The recent journal of Wilderness and Environmental Medicine: Vol. 20, No. 2, pp. 166–168 compares a molded SAM splint as a collar with the traditional philadelphia collar.
The SAM splint was simply wrapped and molded around the C spine. and degrees of movement of the C spine were tested in all planes.
They found no significant difference in the ability of the 2 collars at limiting movement of the cervical spine. Podolsky and colleagues, in a prior study, found that the Philadelphia collar is as effective as numerous other collars available for cervical spine immobilization.
None of these devices has the broad range of uses that can be performed by a SAM splint (in addition to limiting movement of the cervical spine) The ability to carry one universal device for so many different medical conditions is one of the advantages of the SAM splint. This study helps to validate the practice of using a SAM splint as a universal splint for environments with limited medical supplies.
For more information on Expedition and Wilderness Medicine visit www.expeditionmedicine.co.uk
September 2nd, 2009 | Adventure, desert medicine, Dr Sean Hudson, expedition, Expedition & Wilderness Medicine, Expedition Doctor, Jungle medicine, medical training course, polar medicine, Remote medicine, travel doctor, travel medic, Wilderness and Environmental Medicine, wilderness medic, wilderness medicine | Comments Off |
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