Category Archives: Wilderness medicine

Locum MO position on Tristan da Cunha

An interesting position has emerged – Tristan da Cunha Island is looking for a locum medical officer for a limited period of time. See the info below: “The usual contract is 12-24 months. There is however now an unusual opportunity. They are struggling to find a replacement doctor. So much so that they may be [...]

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Good overview on field management of femur fracture

The Expedition Medicine team (www.expeditionmedicine.co.uk) have put together a nice review of field management of femur fracture, written by their medical director, Dr Amy Hughes.  In particular, it has a good step-by-step pictorial guide for applying the Kendrick Traction Device (KTD), one of my favourite pieces of kit. The degree of haemorrhagic compromise caused by [...]

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WildMedix course getting a daily detailed review…

It is to be assume d that I believe that WildMedix is providing unique, challenging and useful training.  However, it is very good to get an unbiased view from the outside looking in!  Gaynor Schoeman – aka “Flygirl” – won a free course as a sponsored prize in the last Overberg Paragliding Club “Gatskop” competition, [...]

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Wilderness medicine reading for today – Salt-water Aspiration Syndrome

I have resigned myself to the fact that I will never be a world-famous blogger.  This is not due to a lack of the ability to write (well, ‘document’, perhaps, as true writing implies artistry) nor a dearth of material (the world around us is just full of quirky stuff) but rather my utter laziness.  [...]

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