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Well done Ellen on getting published!! A great article on Polar Medicine Norway!

Medicine at minus 25 (one of the best medical courses I have attended.)

  1. Dr Ellen Welch

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  1. GPST1, East Cumbria VTS

EXTRACT

Earlier this year, as the British winter was beginning to thaw, I ventured over to northern Norway, within the Arctic Circle, to spend the week learning about expedition medicine in an extreme environment. Expedition Medicine’s Polar medicine course aims to equip medics with the skills required to safely manage casualties in the wilderness. The course is led by experienced expedition medics alongside ex-Royal Marine instructors and is structured around learning winter survival skills in the field, followed by evening lectures once the polar daylight fades. Our group was made up of 23 doctors from a variety of countries, grades and specialities. Some had previous expedition experience, although this is not a prerequisite for the course. Anyone with a reasonable level of fitness and enthusiasm to participate would be encouraged to attend. For me, the opportunity to get out of the classroom and gain some expedition experience with some inspiring people makes it one of the best medical courses I have attended.

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*InnovAiT is the RCGP journal that promotes excellence in primary care through quality education. It was developed to support Associates in Training (AiTs) of the Royal College of General Practitioners from entry into specialist training to qualification. It is also a valuable resource for; GP trainers, trained GPs who wish to update and maintain their knowledge base, newly qualified (First5) GPs wanting to extend their knowledge, practice and community nurses, and foundation level doctors and medical students contemplating a career in primary care.

March 12th, 2012 | Arctic Medicine, polar medicine | Comments Off | Bookmark and Share

Expedition Medicine sponsors the International Scott Centenary Expedition

Expedition and Wilderness is proud to sponsor the International Scott Centenary Expedition ISCE.  

The story of Captain Robert Falcon Scott RN (1868 -1912) is one of the greatest epic tales in human history. Through h 

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is life, which he dedicated to the scientific exploration of the Antarctic regions, and in his heroic death, he has inspired the lives of many. His work paved the way for the modern Antarctic as a continent for science and international co-operation.  

Scott’s British Antarctic Expedition (1910 -1913) was not, however, in the business of creating heroes. The main objective, as expressed by Scott in his prospectus, was “To reach the South Pole and to secure for the British Empire the honour of this achievement”. The expedition had further objectives in scientific research and geographical exploration and intended to make “…bagging the Pole merely an item in the results”. To achieve this, Scott took with him the most extensive team of scientists to visit Antarctica during the Heroic Age of Antarctic exploration.  

Their wide ranging achievements were overshadowed by what became the loss of the race to the South Pole to the Norwegian Roald Amundsen and the subsequent death of Captain Scott and the Polar Party. Nevertheless their efforts paved the way for the foundation of modern polar studies with the foundation of the Scott Polar Research Institute in Cambridge as a national memorial to Captain Scott and the Polar Party. This has ensured the continuation of their legacy of scientific exploration to this day.  

With 2012 marking the centenary of the deaths of Captain Scott and the Polar Party, there is no better time to remember the achievements of the expedition, to raise the public’s awareness of the role that the expedition members played towards advancing polar research and to commemorate those who gave their lives – Captain Scott RN, Dr Wilson, Lieutenant Bowers RIM, Captain Oates and Petty Officer Evans RN.  

  

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February 17th, 2011 | Adventure, Arctic Medicine, expedition, Expedition & Wilderness Medicine, Patriot Hills, polar medicine | Comments Off | Bookmark and Share

Some feedback just makes us smile!

Feedback on our recent Polar Medicine training course in Norway has clearly affected some of the course delegates by creating a need for ‘biggles-speak’…

PapaFoxtrot calling Red Leaders AlphaHotel, AlphaCharlie, DeltaBravo, Bravo and Delta

Congrats on recent Operation Polar Bear

Wizard week

No prangs

Best ever

Location stunning

Bunks and chow excellent 

Red Leaders all SPLENDID

Hope all returned to base safely

Please pass on to all members of Polar Bear as don’t have call signs

Do you read me ?

Over

February 15th, 2011 | Arctic Medicine, CME Training, cme travel, CME Travel, Expedition & Wilderness Medicine, Expedition Doctor, Extreme medicine, medical training course, polar medicine, Pre-hospital Care, Remote medicine, travel doctor, travel medic, Wilderness and Environmental Medicine, wilderness medic, Wilderness medical training, wilderness medicine, Wilderness Medicine Society, WMS | Comments Off | Bookmark and Share

Polar Medicine instructor completes epic sea kayak expedition

A dispatch from our Polar Medicine instructor Per Thore Hansen after his epic sea kayak expedition in Svarlbard. ‘Back in Longyearbyen. All well 14 bears, had to scare away 4 of them that was walking into the camp. 550 kilometre paddling , 30 kilometre pulling 100 kilo kajak over the glacier. Surfing in 5 meter waves! Good fun…!’

August 6th, 2010 | Adventure, Arctic Medicine, expedition, polar medicine, Travel | Comments Off | Bookmark and Share

Free Medical Training for Media Production Companies working in Remote Locations

Medical Training for Media Expedition Media TrainingProduction 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

Expedition and Wilderness Medical Training

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 | Bookmark and Share

Expedition and Wilderness Medicine partners with the Wilderness Medical Society of America

Wilderness Medical Society Approved Courses

Wilderness Medical Society Approved Courses

All of Expedition and Wilderness Medicine Courses are approved for credit by the Wilderness Medical Society (WMS) for the Academy of Wilderness Medicine Fellowship Program (FAWM). For more information visit: www.wms.org The Wilderness Medical Society has entered a partnership with Expedition and Wilderness Medicine to offer you an opportunity to earn credits towards the WMS Academy of Wilderness Medicine Fellowship program (FAWM).

This is an exciting postgraduate qualification in Expedition and Wilderness Medicine which is likely to become the gold standard in this field.

What is the FAWM?

The Fellowship in the Academy of Wilderness Medicine is designed for individuals who want to be acknowledged for their professional achievement in Wilderness Medicine, and wish to validate their training for their patients, and clients. This initiative between Expedition and Wilderness Medicine and WMS offers a means to identify those who have achieved a demanding set of requirements. Society members enrol in the Academy and, by completing Expedition and Wilderness Medicine courses, receive credit for specific, identifiable experience, accumulating credit toward becoming a Fellow.

Any current member of the Wilderness Medical Society who successfully completes the requirements will have the distinction of being a registered member of the Academy of Wilderness Medicine and entitled to use the designation Fellow of the Academy of Wilderness Medicine (FAWM) and may reference it on resumes, business cards, and advertisements. The Academy maintains a demanding set of requirements that validates each member’s qualifications in wilderness medicine. C

andidates for the Academy participate in Expedition and Wilderness Medicine Courses and receive credit for the topics covered. When candidates fulfil the requirements of the Core Curriculum and demonstrate other required experience in Wilderness Medicine, they qualify to be reviewed to become members of the Academy with the designation “Fellow of the Academy of Wilderness Medicine.”

To find out more visit the Expedition and Wilderness Medicine website.

February 11th, 2009 | Adventure, Arctic Medicine, desert medicine, diving and marine medicine, Expedition & Wilderness Medicine, Expedition Doctor, Jungle medicine, medical training course, polar medicine, Remote medicine, Travel, travel medic, wilderness medic, wilderness medicine | Comments Off | Bookmark and Share

Expedition and Wilderness Medicine is chosen to provide backstop support for Pen Hadows latest expedition to the pole

The Catlin Arctic Survey

The Catlin Arctic Survey

Pen Hadows latest expedition supported by HRH Prince of Wales is to be supported by the medical resources of Expedition and Wilderness Medicine.

The Catlin Arctic Survey Expedition is an international collaboration between polar explorers and some of the world’s foremost scientific bodies. It seeks to resolve one of the most important environmental questions of our time:

How long will the Arctic Ocean’s sea ice cover remain a permanent feature of our planet?

The team will be travelling on foot, hauling sledges from 80°N 140°W, across 1200-km of disintegrating and shifting sea ice, for around 100 days, in temperatures from 0ºC down to -50°C.

Essential data:

Despite the technological advances of the 20th century, we still only have estimates of the thickness of the sea ice cover on the Arctic Ocean. Travelling across the sea ice, the Catlin Arctic Survey team will take precise measurements of its thickness and density. This will enable the programme’s Science Partners to determine, with a greater degree of accuracy, how long the ice cap will remain. Currently, its predicted meltdown date is anywhere between four and a hundred years from now.

Global significance:

The melting of the sea ice will accelerate climate change, sea level rise and habitat loss on a global scale. Its loss is also a powerful indicator of the effects of human activity on our planet’s natural systems and processes. The Survey’s scientific findings will be taken to the national negotiating teams working to replace the Kyoto Protocol agreement at the UN Climate Change Conference of Parties in Copenhagen in December 2009.

Pioneering technology:

The Catlin Arctic Survey has developed and tested a portable, ice-penetrating radar. This will take continuous and detailed measurements of both the snow and ice layers along the 1200 km route.

Ground-breaking satellite communications equipment, developed specifically for this project, will allow the survey team to transmit their unfolding story directly from the ice to a global audience.

January 11th, 2009 | Adventure, Arctic Medicine, expedition, Expedition & Wilderness Medicine, Expedition Doctor, polar medicine, Remote medicine, wilderness medic, wilderness medicine | Comments Off | Bookmark and Share

Extra Polar Medicine course due to demand

Arctic Expeditions

Due to the overwhelming success of our Polar Medicine Course in 2009 we have now added some new dates. The dates for the NEW polar course are 22-28 February 2009, the course is being run by Dr Martin Rhodes and Dr Lesley Thomson.

The Polar Medicine Course is ideal for those working in polar and arctic environments. The course has been featured in the BMJ several times and we are really proud of the success.

Tutors will develop the skills of participants through practical sessions and hands-on experience, rescuing and treating cold-water immersion, frostbite, altitude related illnesses and hypothermia, all managed whilst in the field. Polar days and nights will be filled with developing winter survival skills from; emergency shelters, navigation, digging snow holes, snow mobiling, dog sledding, snow shoeing, plus much more.

For bookings email Luci.

December 1st, 2008 | Arctic Medicine, Expedition & Wilderness Medicine, polar medicine | Comments Off | Bookmark and Share