The first edition of the Mountain Medicine cursus in Austria was a major succes. To get a good impression of the course we have edited a movie with some of the highlights. The next Mountain Medicine course will  be held in August 2015, registration wil follow shortly.

The 2nd edition of the Medicine in Extremes Conference took place in Amsterdam this May. We highly enjoyed our lineup of (international) speakers and of course are very proud that the visitors of the conference supported our Charity and facilitated our donation of 20.000 Euro to Amref Flying Doctors.

At the latest edition of our AWLS course in Soest one of our candidates, Remco Berendsen, used his GoPro Camera to capture some action footage of the final examination scenarios. Check it out for a sneak preview of what to expect:

Interesting prospective study in healthy volunteers comparing the freedom of movement of the neeck after immobilisation by SAM splint versus a Philidelphia collar. \”The results of this study suggest that the SAM splint, when molded into a cervical collar, is as effective as the Philadelphia collar at limiting movement of the cervical spine\”. Read the […]

ISS astronaut, MD and Outdoor Medicine ambassador on medical aspects of spaceflight. He will lecture on his personal experiences in space, physiological challenges of space travel, space medicine spin offs on earth en future challenges in space. Andre lectures at the Medicine in Extremes conference, 23rd of May, Artis, Amsterdam. Check here for registration and […]