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Journal of Paramedic Practice, 2021
In the third instalment of Paramedic Roles, Jakki Owens reflects on the multidisciplinary nature of expedition medicine, and details areas that can be the most far-ranging from a paramedic's natural environment.
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In the third instalment of Paramedic Roles, Jakki Owens reflects on the multidisciplinary nature of expedition medicine, and details areas that can be the most far-ranging from a paramedic's natural environment.
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Medical Planning for Expeditions
Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America, 1992Medical planning requires the expedition physician to draw from many aspects of the knowledge base of wilderness and environmental medicine and to learn and use lessons from those that have gone before. The medical plan is dependent on parameters of the expedition objective, scope, and resources and is developed cooperatively with the overall ...
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Medical Incidents and Evacuations on Wilderness Expeditions
Wilderness & Environmental Medicine, 2007Objective Expedition activities such as mountaineering, rock climbing, river running, sea kayaking, and canoeing all involve an element of risk. Organizations that provide group wilderness and adventure experiences are responsible for managing the risk of their courses.
Scott E, McIntosh +4 more
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A practical guide to expedition medical planning
Journal of The Royal Naval Medical Service, 2015Abstract Expedition medical planning is integral in ensuring participant safety and maximising the likelihood of achieving the expedition aims. The task of producing a medical plan will often fall to a medical officer of limited experience.
D, Wilkins, C, Handford, A, Nicol
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Medical reconnaissance for the Defence Medical Services Dhaulagiri Expedition 2016
Journal of The Royal Naval Medical Service, 2015Abstract The formation of a clear and well-informed medical plan is critical to the safe planning and execution of any expedition in remote locations. We performed a reconnaissance of medical facilities in Nepal in March 2015 prior to a large Defence Medical Services (DMS) expedition to the Dhaulagiri area in 2016.
J, Winchester, B, Coombs
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American Medical Research Expedition to Everest
High Altitude Medicine & Biology, 2010The primary objective of the American Medical Research Expedition to Everest was to obtain information on human physiology at the highest possible altitude, including the Everest summit. An important data point was the barometric pressure on the summit, because this determines the inspired P(O(2)).
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2014
There may be some explorers who buy a bottle o f aspirin and a tin o f Elastoplast while waiting for their plane and bring them back unopened 3 months later. Most expeditions take rather more medical equipment but fortunately need very little o f it. However, a few expeditions have m ajor medical problems.
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There may be some explorers who buy a bottle o f aspirin and a tin o f Elastoplast while waiting for their plane and bring them back unopened 3 months later. Most expeditions take rather more medical equipment but fortunately need very little o f it. However, a few expeditions have m ajor medical problems.
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The medical preparation of expeditions: the role of the medical officer
Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2005[Extract] The easy question ‘what is expedition medicine?’ needs to be analysed from a number of viewpoints. Firstly, there needs to be an answer to ‘what is an expedition?’ An expedition can be defined as an organised journey with a purpose.1 Such a purpose can be: an exploration of a particular location, a mission of academic or scientific research ...
Shaw, Marc T. M., Dallimore, Jon
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Some approaches to medical support for Martian expedition
Acta Astronautica, 2003Medical support in a Martian expedition will be within the scope of crew responsibilities and maximally autonomous. Requirements to the system of diagnostics in this mission include considerable use of means and methods of visualization of the main physiological parameters, telemedicine, broad usage of biochemical analyses (including "dry" chemistry ...
Inessa B, Kozlovskaya, Anatoly D, Egorov
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