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A practical guide to expedition medical planning

Journal of The Royal Naval Medical Service, 2015
Abstract 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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Polar Thigh and Other Medical Observations During the Longest Solo Unsupported One-Way Polar Ski Expedition in Antarctica

Wilderness & environmental medicine (Print)
Antarctic expeditions are exceptional challenges for the human body, and medical issues such as nutritional deficiencies, polar anemia, cold injuries, and even death have been reported.
Volker Scheer   +3 more
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American Medical Research Expedition to Everest

High Altitude Medicine & Biology, 2010
The 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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Expedition medical kits

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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Medical reconnaissance for the Defence Medical Services Dhaulagiri Expedition 2016

Journal of The Royal Naval Medical Service, 2015
Abstract 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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Some approaches to medical support for Martian expedition

Acta Astronautica, 2003
Medical 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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MEDICAL NOTES ON A GREENLAND ICE CAP EXPEDITION

Journal of the American Medical Association, 1957
• Six men were isolated for 100 days, during which they traveled almost 1,200 miles, in parts of Greenland where the temperatures ranged from 31 to —30 F at altitudes up to 12,000 ft. The most frequent disease or complaint was respiratory, particularly sinusitis. All members of the group showed a sudden fall of hemoglobin level and red blood cell count
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Are UK commercial expeditions complying with wilderness medical society guidelines on ascent rates to altitude?

Journal of Travel Medicine, 2011
Neeraj M. Shah   +3 more
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