NOTICE: WEM20 has now moved over to the online arena becoming #VirtualWEM20 – a virtual conference to be held on Saturday 17th & Sunday 18th October 2020. Immerse yourself in a WEM online environment where you can be inspired from…
It’s an exciting time for women in sport, in particular for the women who are increasingly meeting or exceeding male performances in ultra-endurance events, and it was at the 2019 World Extreme Medicine Conference that we heard from two such…
One in six children in the world live in a conflict zones and are seven times more likely to die from blast injuries than adults involved in fighting according to UNICEF Hundreds of CT scans from war zones made newly…
Latest research regarding antibiotic resistance was revealed at the 2019 World Extreme Medicine Conference (#WEM19) that took place in Edinburgh, as well as discussions on a few of the issues surrounding this current threat, such as over prescribing, lack of…
Mark Hannaford, WEM Conference Founder introduces #WEM21. This is the 10th year we have held an annual World Extreme Medicine Conference, and we’re making it extra EXTREME! For the first time ever you can immerse yourself in person in Edinburgh…
Sacha Dench – known as the “Human Swan” who earned a Guinness World Records™ title for becoming the first woman to traverse the English Channel in a paramotor joined us on Day 2 of the conference, speaking about her expeditions…
We took some time to find out about one of our #WEM19 delegates – Dame Claire Bertschinger DBE DL. DSc DSSc DHEd (Hon Causa),MSc RGN. Following on from a successful nursing career in the UK, Claire’s first post abroad was…
“One in six children in the world live in a conflict zone and are at risk of injury from explosive or ballistic trauma” – Save the Children According to figures from the UN, there has been a ‘marked increase’ in…
The first few minutes of a multiple casualty terrorist attack are the most vital. Would you know how to act? Back by popular demand after the sell-out sessions from our 2018 conference our interactive simulation ‘Caught in the Middle of…
NOTICE: WEM20 has now moved over to the online arena becoming #VirtualWEM20 – a virtual conference to be held on Saturday 17th & Sunday 18th October 2020. Immerse yourself in a WEM online environment where you can be inspired from…
