tropical+&+expedition

toc clinical home =Expedition Medicine = [|Role of the expedition medical officer] "The expedition medical officer (MO) is the guardian of an expedition’s health.  //The MO’s primary role is to prevent expedition members becoming ill// and secondly to treat those who have had an accident or become unwell. This does not necessarily mean that the MOs must treat everything that is presented to them, but rather that they must use their knowledge and authority to advise on the best course of action."
 * This page provides information relevant to those acting as an expedition medic or travelling to a tropical environment**

[|Medical Kits] [|Public health on expeditions] [|Malaria and other tropical diseases (RGS)] [|Expedition dentistry] Preparing medical personnel for expeditions:

Sources of health advice for travellers
[|"Fit for travel" site] (Scotland) [|NaTHNac] [|Guidelines for malaria prevention in travellers from the UK] [|CDC "yellow book"] [|WHO international travel and health] [|CDC advice on rabies] <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">[|MD Travel Health] <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">[|Pre Travel Consultation] (CDC Presentation) <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Where to put used toilet paper

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Sources of Travel Advice
<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">[|Foreign and Commonwealth Office travel advice by country] <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">[|US international travel advice]

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Footcare
<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">[|Foot Care]

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Tick bites
<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Ticks are **not** effectively removed by burning, covering in vaseline or soaking in alcohol or local anaesthetic. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Special instruments can be used for the removal of ticks (cheaper bought at pet shops rather than shops selling medical supplies) but if you bear in mind the need to get as close as possible to the skin when gripping the tick you may be able to improvise with other materials - a slip knot made withfine suture or dental floss may be used to snare the tick, care being taken to get between the head of the tick and the casualty skin if possible.

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Snakebites
<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">[|Pressure immobilisation bandaging video] <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">[|Venomous and poisonous animals (RGS)] <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">[|Effects of a rattle snake bite]

Briefing provided for Fire & Ice expedition to Aconcagua:

Disaster medicine (Emergency Management Australia)