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Medical equipment for expeditions. [PDF]
BMJ: British Medical Journal, 1981 Each year more than 200 expeditions leave Britain to travel to destinations around the world, to climb mountains, explore jungles, to study plants or beetles, and to seek excitement and adventure. Expeditions may differ greatly in size, duration, objectives, and activities, but none can avoid the possibility of accident or illness.
R. Illingworth
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Medical Planning for Extended Remote Expeditions [PDF]
Wilderness and Environmental Medicine, 2013 Remote extended expeditions often support scientific research and commercial resource exploration or extraction in hostile environments. Medical support for these expeditions is inherently complex and requires in-depth planning. To be successful, this planning must include substantial input from clinicians with experience in remote, emergency, and ...
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Reasons for medical consultation among members of the Indian Scientific Expeditions to Antarctica [PDF]
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, 2013 The article attempts to analyze the disease burden in a healthy, pre-screened population subjected to prolonged residence in the hostile environment of Antarctica.
Abhijeet Bhatia +2 more
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Problems No One Looked For: Philosophical Expeditions into Medical Education
Teaching and Learning in Medicine, 2020 Issue: Medical education has “muddy zones of practice,” areas of complexity and uncertainty that frustrate the achievement of our intended educational outcomes. Slowing down to consider context and reflect on practice are now seen as essential to medical
Anna T Cianciolo, Mario Veen
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The Biodiversity of Peter I Island—The Most Remote Island in the World [PDF]
Ecology and EvolutionPeter I Island is one of the most isolated and least visited islands on earth; lying within the Antarctic Polar Front but over 420 km from continental Antarctica makes it inherently interesting to study in the context of polar biogeography.
Michelle Jackson +10 more
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International Journal of Circumpolar Health, 2019 This study aimed to evaluate disease and injury trends among wintering members of the Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition. Obtained information is indispensable to the advancement of medical system and research.
Atsushi Ikeda +4 more
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The expanding H5N1 avian influenza panzootic causes high mortality of skuas in Antarctica [PDF]
Scientific ReportsHigh pathogenicity avian influenza virus H5N1 subtype (H5N1 HPAIV), clade 2.3.4.4b, is expanding its host and geographical range, and invaded Antarctica in 2023. Although mortality in Antarctic wildlife from H5N1 HPAIV has been suspected, mainly based on
Matteo Iervolino +21 more
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Soviet Medical Expeditions in Tuva and the Making of Tuvinian Healthcare, 1928-1936
Euxeinos, 2022 This paper aims to expose the role of Soviet medical expeditions in the construction of modern healthcare in the Tuvinian People’s Republic. Based on archival sources, the study traces the activities of four successive medical teams working in Tuva from ...
V. Bashkuev
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Revista do Colégio Brasileiro de Cirurgiões, 2022 Located in areas of difficult access, the riverside population of the upper Amazon River has a great demand for health care, whether in the scope of basic health promotion or in general or specialized medical care, surgical procedures, dental and ...
MARINA FANELLI LUCHIARI MILANI +2 more
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FOLK MEDICINE OF THE RUSSIAN NORTH IN THE SECOND HALF OF THE XX CENTURY
Вестник Брянского государственного университета, 2022 The article deals with the folk medical knowledge of the Russian North in the second half of the 20th century, which includes several subsystems.The studied issues of folk medical knowledge as a complex of rational and magical practices, as well as the ...
Mazalova N.E.
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