A new challenge Michiel van Veelen, one of the founders of Outdoor Medicine,  started with a new challenge. He works at Okavango Air Rescue in Maun (Botswana) since the beginning of this month. We asked him to give us a general idea of what this job entails: “I am responsible for both prehospital care of undifferentiated […]

Last year we have organized the first edition of the African Wilderness Medicine Course. Since it was a success, the course will return in 2018. It will be an adventurous trip through Botswana by overland trick and with overnight stays in tents. We will visit the Okavango Delta, Moremi Game Reserve and the Maghadighadi salt […]

The International Porter Protection Group (IPPG) runs two medical high altitude rescue posts and porter shelters in the Khumbu Region of Nepal. Matt Wilkes and Ellie Heath volunteered as doctors at the rescue posts this season. Many of their local patients were referred to Kunde Hospital. This hospital, founded by Sir Edmund Hillary in 1966, […]

We’re looking for a new, Dutch speaking, team member to manage our web content and social media. See Dutch translation for more details.

What journals do read to stay up-to-date in the wilderness and expedition medicine? We can recommend reading the following peer-reviewed journals. Wilderness & Environmental Medicine Wilderness & Environmental Medicine (WEM), the official journal of the Wilderness Medical Society, is devoted to original scientific and technical contributions on the practice of medicine defined by isolation, extreme natural […]