The Russian invasion of Ukraine leads to catastrophic health impacts. So far, 5,381 civilian casualties are recorded, with 2,946 people injured. However, the actual numbers are probably much higher as there is much underreporting. Furthermore, an estimated 6.4 million Ukrainians are displaced internally without access to medicine and chronic care, the risk of infectious outbreaks […]

The amount of courses offered by Outdoor Medicine is growing. Today’s adventurous healthcare professional can receive training with us in the treatment of patients in all kinds of extreme circumstances: a diver with barotrauma (Dive & Marine Life support course), an alpinist with High Altitude Cerebral Edema (Mountain Medicine course) or a safari tourist with […]

The desire to experience an adventure is growing more and more. Next to that the worldwide transportation network expands, resulting in more people looking for extreme experiences every year. In addition, the average age of adventurers increase and they tend to have a medical condition more often. Today’s doctor is consulted more frequently by these […]

Fransje van Hesteren took part in the Student Outdoor Medicine weekend, which took place for the second time this year. She was able to immediately put the knowledge and experience she gained into practice. Read her story here.

With great sadness in our wild hearts, we share that our mentor, our hero and friend, passed away on June 23rd.