The ExpeditionMedicine.co.uk crew has a very interesting post about a patient that suffered a splenic infarcture on a Peruvian trip. …
Katerina Papadopoulou
I was checking out the newsletter from ExpeditionMedicine.co.uk and found myself perusing the “jobs” section. Partially because I am getting…
Many thanks to the crew over at www.Wilderness-Survival.net for the tip on this pretty interesting type of “bandage”. http://www.njbiomaterials.org/web/index.php?p=cembr&s=2288 is…
I am getting some gear ready for a few trips I have coming up, later in the year. Finally off…
Greg, over at www.StartBackpacking.com, has added a cool new section on Travel Health to his website. The site is already…
I am reading a very good remote medical book, called the US Army Special Forces Medical Handbook. This book is…
Imagine yourself:– Packing a disaster medical clinic through the jungle to a remotevillage after a hurricane…– Lifting a patient –…
For the three or four people that read my site, I just wanted to say that I am still alive….
Brazil will release an official Yellow Fever Alert, later today. This is in response to the second death from Yellow…
When people think of malaria, they think of 4 major types: Plasmodium Malariae, Plasmodium Vivax, Plasmodium Ovale and Plasmodium Falciparum….