The term ‘Extreme Medicine’ was first coined by World Extreme Medicine founder Mark Hannaford and describes the practise of medicine in remote, inhospitable and challenging environments. This is the aim of the World Extreme Medicine Conference; bringing together those with experience…
Ben Cooper – WEM faculty, ED Charge Nurse and Advance Nurse Practitioner for Antarctic Logistics & Expeditions will be running 2 x wound dressing workshops on Day 2 of this years #WEM20 conference. Ben’s career path began in Whitley Bay,…
Jason ‘Foxy’ Fox Former Royal Marine Commando, SBS Sergeant Team Leader and Special Forces Instructor on ‘SAS Who Dares Wins’ will again be joining us at our 2020 World Extreme Medicine Conference talking about his own experience of PTSD in…
We are delighted that Expedition Medicine world authority Prof. Chris Imray is coming back and chairing the morning Day 1 of our 2018 World Extreme Medicine Conference. Chris is a Consultant Vascular and Renal Transplant Surgeon at UHCW NHS Trust and a…
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…
Exclusively unveiled at the 2017 World Extreme Medicine Conference and one of our most popular sessions since, our panel of experts Saleyha Ashan, Linda Dykes, Pauline Cutting, Daniel Sedgewick, Alex Rowe and Sundeep Dhillon discussed how you can approach and…
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…
When many people consider humanitarian aid in disaster situations, they think about the media’s coverage of the crisis: people being rescued, aid packages being delivered, shelters being built. But what happens when the cameras leave? Peter Skelton, a London-based Physiotherapist and…
