All tagged Adventure
After a career spent working in resource-limited emergency medicine settings around the globe, FACEM Associate Professor Megan Cox received the International Federation for Emergency Medicine (IFEM) Humanitarian Award 2025 at the International Conference on Emergency Medicine (ICEM) this May in Montreal.
The Surfing Doctors describe themselves as ‘a group of like-minded doctors with an interest in surfing, medicine, continuing medical education and service.’ Their mission is to provide medical care in remote surf locations where healthcare access is limited and difficult to provide.
Emergency physicians with trauma skills have always been highly valued in the emergency department, and ACEM is looking to further build and enhance opportunities for ED physicians to develop their trauma managements skills and expertise. Programs and openings in hospitals across Aotearoa New Zealand and Australia are creating pathways for growing numbers of FACEMs to specialise, study, research and teach trauma medicine both within and outside of the ED.
Dr Juan Carlos Ascencio-Lane recounts his nearly 7,000km round-trip to retrieve a patient from Antarctica.
Polar bears, blue whales and viruses — these are just some of the things Dr Sandy Inglis encounters in a day working onboard a polar expedition ship.
Dr David Lawson spent a season as the doctor on Mount Hutt in Aotearoa New Zealand, 1600 metres above sea level.
Dr Thomas van Dantzig found adventure and opportunity when he took a leap and moved to Aotearoa New Zealand to complete his emergency medicine training.
