Newsletter
February 2008
Hello to all our readers and welcome to the latest edition of the Expedition Medicine eNews.
We have lots in store in this newsletter; details of a second destination for our UK EML course; a new speaker on our March UK EML course and a new Mountain course! Plus we still have places left on our Jungle, Diving and Desert courses and on our September UK Course, so get your skates on before you miss the boat on these.
We hope you enjoy this edition of eNews and happy reading.
What's in this issue:
Course news -what’s going on and where
We have our usual favourite courses lined up, as well as our NEW Desert and Diving medicine courses. Our courses are getting very popular with the Polar and EML UK courses always being oversubscribed. We think our new courses will be just as popular.
Polar Course - Norway 15th - 21st February 2009.
LIMITED TO 30 PLACES
A winter extreme climate expedition medicine course for or anyone wanting to work in a polar, high altitude or arctic environment. For further details click here.
EML UK Course - Keswick, Cumbria 9th - 12th september 2008.
LIMITED TO 60 PLACES
Held in the stunning Barrow House, Keswick this course is for anyone aspiring to become and expedition medic. Read about the recent course in the BMJ for further details about the course click here.
NEW FOR 2008 Desert Course - Namibia 17th - 23rd August 2008
LIMITED TO 30 PLACES
Expedition Medicine is delighted at being able to offer a comprehensive course for all those medical professionals responsible for clients, patients or team members in a desert environment. The 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 illnesses likely to occur in this harsh environment. Set in the stunning Damaraland area in Namibia, for further details click here.
NEW FOR 2008 Diving Medicine- Oman 2008 18th - 24th Ocotber.
LIMITED TO 30 PLACES
We are very excited at being able to offer an inspirational Diving & Marine Medicine Course for all those medical professionals responsible for clients or expedition team members in a diving or marine environment. The course aims to introduce participants to the skills required to manage the common medical problems, which may emerge in a diving or marine environment. For application forms or further details visit our website.
Jungle Course - Costa Rica 9th - 15th November 2008.
LIMITED TO 30 PLACES
Our jungle course is going strength to strength we are now running our third course in Costa Rica. Ideal for those interested in tropical and jungle medicine. For further details click here.
NEW Dartmoor Course | Expedition Medicine
We are delighted to announce that we are going to be running a second UK EML Course in May 2009, down in Dartmoor. The course will be very similar to the current UK Course based in Keswick.
The aim of the course is to provide aspiring and experienced expedition doctors, nurses, paramedics and advanced medics with the skills and practical knowledge to become valuable members of an expedition team. It is entensive and thorough, drawing on the skills within the expedition medicine faculty.
The course will be run over a 4-day period based in the beautiful landscape of Dartmoor. There will be both lecture and outdoors education programme and you will be pushed both mentally and physically. The Expedition medicine faculty aims to present you with valuable skills in a logistical and progressive fashion, culminating in a day of moulage and subsequent feedback.
Please email Luci to express an interest as we envisage this to be a very popular destination.
NEW EML UK course speaker
In March we are delighted to have join us Andy Cave, mountaineer and author. His life is testament to how motivation plus teamwork and an ability not to be limited by the expectation of others, can lead to the realisation of extrodinary goals. Read more about Andy Cave here.
The Double D's
 As you all know, 2008 see's Expedition Medicine hold it's two new courses the Desert and Diving Medicine Courses or as we like to say the Double D's!
The Desert course is set in Namibia - a truly amazing place. The course will feature animal tracking, setting up camp, building shelters as well as learning all about tropical diseases and managing animal bites - plus much more. Set in a real remote area, ideal for this course. Click here for further details.
.JPG) The Diving and Marine Medicine Course is set in Oman, a great country of outstanding beauty, friendly people and a rich marine environment. The underwater scenery is similarly dramatic with picturesque walls and reefs with healthy coral. The course will help develop your skills through a combination of practical and evening lectures. As well as diving, kayaking, managing medical emergencies at sea, you will also spend your evenings in a beach tented camp on the edge of the sea, covering the more academic elements of the course. Click here for further details.
Charity Partnership | Polar Medicine Course
 We have set up a partnership with SAFER (SubAntarctic Foundation for Ecosystems Research), a non-profit organisation engaged in the ecological restoration of islands.
They undertake ecological restoration work and research in the Falkland Islands and other high latitude ecosystems. They aim to improve wildlife habitat and develop techniques that can be shared with other nature reserves elsewhere.
From February a percentage of your course fee from the Polar Medicine Course, will go to SAFER.
We are also planning to set up other charity partnerships, so each course will have it's own charity partner. Once these have been agreed we'll let you know who we are supporting.
NEW Mountain Course | Expedition Medicine
We are planning a new course in 2009, to add to our course portfolio. We are in the early stages of investigating a mountain medical course set in Nepal, covering basic rescue techniques, altitude related illness and medicine in remote areas. It's a stunning country and we believe will make a fantastic course. To express an interest email Luci.
Just Walk 2008
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Calling all medics in the South - come and join us on Just Walk. A fantastic fundraising event in the stunning South Downs. A great way to train for events and get those fitness levels up and raise funds for the charity of your choice.
For further details on this great event, visit the website www.just-walk.co.uk
Situations Vacant
We have some exciting new job opportunities for 2008 on our website, these include: Volunteer doctors needed for the Luangwa Safari Association Medical Fund in Zambia, Raleigh International are also on the look out for expedition medics for their expeditions plus many more. Please visit our situations vacant page – for an opportunity of a lifetime click here.
Join Across the Divide on a fundraising challenge
 Open charity challenges are designed so you can raise money for a charity of your choice - it could be your local hospice or a major cancer charity. Across the Divide have been delighted at the response to their new open events for 2008 and 2009 . The dog sledding, China and Kilimanjaro challenges are selling out fast but they still have places left on the Sahara, Peru, Ladakh and Everest challenge events - PLUS we have just listed a few new more trip in 2009 an India bike ride, Trekking in Jordan and a project in Namibia- so book now to avoid disappointment later. Find out more about Across the Divide here.
For further information on our open events email Susan McDonagh.
Visit our NEW blog
We have set up a new blog here at EML, feel free to have a look and add a comment or two. We have on there videos, course write ups, photo's and much more.
Still time.............
 Yes the Namibia Marathon is only a few months away but there's still time to take part and train. You can either choose an ultra marathon distance or a regular marathon distance. Join us on a 120km race over 24hours through the most hostile desert coastline on the planet - the Namibian Skeleton Coast. The race takes us through gravel plains framed by distant ridges and mountains, past dramatic upheavals of granite iselbergs, and takes place under the clearest blue skys. Participants will be required to remain self sufficient over the 24 hour period carrying their own food and equipment for the duration of the event, although water will be provided every 20km.
For further information on this and other events visit the website here.
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