Expedition Medicine - Links to related websites
This section is undergoing further development. If you would like to contribute
a
website to this list please email Tim Grimsey
Wilderness Medical Society which
publishes the Journal of Wilderness & Environmental Medicine
International Society for Mountain Medicine
The Royal Geographical Society has a Medical Advice Unit
Topics are presented in alphabetical order
Bites & Stings & Things - Australian Venom Research Unit - Marine Medic
Diving Medicine - South Pacific Underwater Medicine Society
Divers Alert Network - Diving Medicine Online
High Altitude Medicine
- High Altitude
Medicine
- Medex
Hypothermia - Hypothermia website
Travel Medicine -
International Society of Travel Medicine
US Centers
for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC)
International Association of Medical Assistance for Travellers
(IAMAT)
Travel Medicine: the Drs Reference site
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There are growing opportunities for work as an expedition doctor. A few of these provide paid employment, some companies offer free places on their trips. Some work is entirely voluntary.
Polar Medicine Unit Australian Government Antarctic Division
The Royal Geographical Society maintains a database of doctors available for expedition work.
