World Extreme Medicine

World Extreme Medicine 🌎 Certified B Corp™

The world’s leading provider of education, conferences, consultancy, & medical cover in extreme medicine.

Every year we help thousands of medical & healthcare workers push the boundaries of their abilities & enable them to thrive & deliver in remote, & hostile environments. Born out of a campfire discussion in the Namib Desert, with one aim – to bring the most adventurous medical training to healthcare workers. Over 20 years later, we have grown to provide a range of services that have supported humanitarian agencies, charities, government organisations, and film & TV networks around the globe. All while staying true to our adventurous roots. It’s our mission to continue to widen the access to extreme medicine, by providing the best experiences and training so you can unlock new opportunities to positively impact individuals and communities. Your clinical skillset could become your passport to a life of adventure. Join us on the side of a mountain or deep in the rainforest and start pushing boundaries on what you thought was possible.

This week, WEM founder Mark Hannaford is heading to the High Arctic to speak at The Arctic Call 2026.Beginning tomorrow...
09/09/2026

This week, WEM founder Mark Hannaford is heading to the High Arctic to speak at The Arctic Call 2026.

Beginning tomorrow aboard the MS Serenissima, the five-day expedition brings together sailing, leadership, climate awareness and meaningful conversation in Svalbard.

Drawing on more than four decades of expedition experience across all seven continents, Mark will explore what melting ice means for human health, Arctic communities and our ability to operate safely in a rapidly changing environment.

He’ll also consider what the Arctic can teach us about resilience elsewhere, as environmental change places growing pressure on people, infrastructure and the systems designed to support them.

Led by Arctic explorer and Svalbard resident Hilde Fålun Strøm, The Arctic Call offers an opportunity to explore, reflect and learn within one of the world’s most consequential environments.

Learn more about The Arctic Call and its expedition programme:

https://www.heartsintheice.com/products/the-arctic-call-female-leadership-expedition-september

Your next classroom could be on the shores of Lake Bohinj, surrounded by the Julian Alps.Our five-day Expedition & Wilde...
08/09/2026

Your next classroom could be on the shores of Lake Bohinj, surrounded by the Julian Alps.

Our five-day Expedition & Wilderness Medicine course combines focused teaching with practical workshops, outdoor training and realistic expedition scenarios.

You’ll develop the skills to assess risk, manage casualties, communicate under pressure and make confident clinical decisions when resources are limited and help may be some distance away.

It’s also an opportunity to learn alongside healthcare professionals and students who share your curiosity about expedition, adventure, humanitarian and remote medicine. No previous expedition medicine training is required.

Come home with stronger skills, new connections and a clearer idea of where medicine could take you next.

Discover the course and book your place:
https://worldextrememedicine.com/extreme-medicine-courses/expedition-and-wilderness-medicine-course-slovenia/

WEM faculty member Cat Burford and the Girls’ Trip team have set themselves an enormous challenge: raise £40,000 in 40 d...
06/09/2026

WEM faculty member Cat Burford and the Girls’ Trip team have set themselves an enormous challenge: raise £40,000 in 40 days to bring their Svalbard expedition film to life.

In April 2026, Cat joined Amelia Rudd, Ayuka Kawakami, Emma Maher and Amelia Steele for a 21-day self-guided ski traverse across a remote corner of north-west Svalbard.

Recognised with the Royal Geographical Society’s Gino Watkins Award, the expedition brought together polar exploration, scientific collaboration and storytelling. The team collected and processed snow samples to support research into black carbon, a particle that can accelerate melting when it settles on snow and ice.

A camera operator travelled as part of the team, documenting everything from training and crevasse rescue to tent life, polar bear precautions and the conversations that helped carry them through the journey.

The finished film will celebrate friendship, resilience, environmental responsibility and women’s visibility in exploration. Through the team’s collaboration with Girls on the Run, it will also share a message about the power of teamwork and help inspire more girls to recognise what they are capable of.

The ÂŁ40,000 target will cover professional editing, sound design, colour grading, music and the production work required to take the film to festivals, youth organisations, talks and educational settings.

The team is aiming for big reach through small contributions. Donating the cost of a coffee can help, while liking, commenting or sharing can introduce the project to an entirely new audience.

Support the Girls’ Trip campaign: https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/girls-trip-1

The WEM26 speaker line-up is here.This November, 65 speakers will bring experience from across expedition, humanitarian,...
05/09/2026

The WEM26 speaker line-up is here.

This November, 65 speakers will bring experience from across expedition, humanitarian, aerospace, mountain, ocean, pre-hospital and extreme medicine to one extraordinary weekend in Edinburgh.

Join us at Dynamic Earth from 14th - 16th November 2026 for three days of practical learning, ambitious ideas and connection.

Explore the line-up and book your place: https://worldextrememedicine.com/world-extreme-medicine-conference/

Mountain medicine starts before anyone becomes unwell.Altitude, terrain, exposure and remoteness change the significance...
03/09/2026

Mountain medicine starts before anyone becomes unwell.

Altitude, terrain, exposure and remoteness change the significance of every clinical decision. These ten principles explore the planning, judgement and practical skills needed to deliver safer care in the mountains.

Read the full article:
https://worldextrememedicine.com/blog/mountain-medicine-posts/mountain-medicine-care-at-altitude/

Put these principles into practice during our 17-day Mountain Medicine Course on the Everest Base Camp trail in Nepal:
https://worldextrememedicine.com/extreme-medicine-courses/mountain-medicine-course-nepal/

Our conference isn’t really WEM until the party kicks in…Tickets for the WEM26 Ceilidh are now available!On Sunday eveni...
01/09/2026

Our conference isn’t really WEM until the party kicks in…

Tickets for the WEM26 Ceilidh are now available!

On Sunday evening, we’ll be heading to The Caves in the heart of Edinburgh for a brilliantly bonnie night of Scottish Ceilidh dancing.

You’ll be greeted by a traditional piper before enjoying a welcome drink and canapés, followed by an evening of classic Highland dances. No previous ceilidh knowledge is required. The Science Ceilidh will call out the steps so everyone can join in, even if your main technique is enthusiastically following the person next to you.

Sunday 15th November 2026
19:30 – 00:30
The Caves, Edinburgh
ÂŁ43 per person

Ceilidh tickets are only available to WEM26 conference ticket holders.

To book yours:

1. Purchase your conference ticket
2. Log into the account linked to your ticket
3. Open Sunday on the conference agenda
4. Select and book the Ceilidh

Book your WEM26 conference ticket here:
https://worldextrememedicine.com/world-extreme-medicine-conference/

We’ll see you on the dance floor!

30/08/2026

The middle of an expedition is a deeply inconvenient place to discover that most of your radio knowledge came from action films.

Fortunately, Dr Will Duffin is here with a quick crash course in expedition radio etiquette, covering the essentials you need to communicate clearly with your team and base camp.

Give Will a couple of minutes, save the video for later and gently forward it to anyone still saying “over and out”.

Radio communication is just one of the practical field skills explored on our Expedition and Wilderness Medicine and Search & Rescue courses.

Find your next course at https://worldextrememedicine.com/product-category/extreme-medicine-courses/expedition-wilderness-medicine/

**Please note: World Extreme Medicine is NOT affiliated with this vacancy or involved in the recruitment process. We can...
29/08/2026

**Please note: World Extreme Medicine is NOT affiliated with this vacancy or involved in the recruitment process. We cannot answer questions about the role or provide application updates. Please contact the employer directly with all enquiries.**

One of our WEM team members shared this Shipboard Doctor opportunity with us, and we thought it may interest members of our community exploring careers in remote and maritime medicine.

Scenic and Emerald Cruises are looking for an experienced medical professional to provide care for passengers and crew while working independently in a remote shipboard environment.

You can view the full role, requirements and application information here ⤵

https://scenicglobal.applytojob.com/apply/fDaNmBMUFs/Doctor-Shipboard-Ocean

Cold weather is not a prerequisite for hypothermia.Earlier this year, WEM faculty member and SAR Winch Paramedic Jamie P...
27/08/2026

Cold weather is not a prerequisite for hypothermia.

Earlier this year, WEM faculty member and SAR Winch Paramedic Jamie Pattison joined Thermarmour for its inaugural Experts in Industry webinar:

“All Casualties Are at Risk of Hypothermia.”

More than 300 people from across the first responder community joined the live session, exploring practical strategies for preventing and treating hypothermia across mountain rescue, community response and other challenging environments.

The live webinar may be over, but the full recording is still available to request and watch on demand.

Watch the webinar: https://thermarmour.com/thermarmour-events/

Six hours is a long time to assume nothing will change.A patient may be stable now, but delayed evacuation requires heal...
25/08/2026

Six hours is a long time to assume nothing will change.

A patient may be stable now, but delayed evacuation requires healthcare professionals to keep reassessing, monitoring trends, documenting treatment, managing limited resources and preparing for an effective handover.

It also means protecting the team’s capacity to continue making good decisions as the hours pass.

Our five-day residential Prolonged Field Care course brings these challenges into practical, scenario-driven training at Muncaster Castle. Built from the WEM Fund’s experience delivering trauma training in Ukraine, the course explores sustained casualty care when evacuation is delayed and resources are limited.

28th September – 2nd October 2026
Muncaster Castle, Cumbria

All profits directly support the WEM Fund’s humanitarian medical work, including training, trauma support and the delivery of medical equipment in Ukraine.

Find out more: https://worldextrememedicine.com/extreme-medicine-courses/wemf-prolonged-field-care-course/

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