The acclaimed Expedition Medicine Manual edited by David Warrell and Sarah Anderson provides information on preventing and treating medical problems in challenging environment (US and Spanish editions also available).

  The Medical Cell also provides guidelines on:

• First Aid Training
• Children at Altitude
• guidelines for acclimatisation on Mount Kilimanjaro

These PDF files can be downloaded by following the links on the right.

Guidance on heat-related illness and other environmental extremes can be found in the relevant section of the Expedition Medicine Manual.

  Wilderness Medical Training
Saturday 8 - Sunday 9 March
This course starts where conventional first aid training stops. It is designed for small expedition groups, solo travellers, media personnel, climbers, trek leaders/teachers, yachtsmen and any other people operating in remote areas overseas where medical help is not readily available.

  For further details and to book see the links on the right hand side.