PodExMed

 He’s explored the planet’s most remote corners 🌍, now hear how Pat has led teams 🧭, survived extremes ❄️🔥, and lived on beans 🥫

She’s worked as a doctor and expedition leader in some of the most remote corners of the world 🌍❄️🏔️ But here’s the real question… 👉 What’s in her medical kit?

 In the Season 2 opener of PODEXMED, the official podcast of the Academy of Extreme Environment Medicine, hosts Sunny and Evie sit down with remote paramedic Chene Clydesdale to explore the realities of practicing in extreme and remote environments.

We sit down with Cat Potgieter, an all-star clinician who started her career leading school teams on expeditions around the world. We explore what these experiences taught her about leadership and how to look after a team.

Today we sit down with Dr Andrew Graham. Andrew has worked as orthopedic surgeon and wilderness medic for the past 35 years. He has supported and completed numerous endurance events and adventure races in Australia, Morocco, Borneo, Fiji and New Zealand. Most notably he has provided medical support and completed expeditions across the infamous Kokoda Trail in Papua New Guinea over 15 times.

Dr Shannon Mulder is a senior registrar in emergency medicine who began her career in South Africa, before transitioning to a career providing care on cruise ships. Her career has taken her to almost every continent in the world. Shannon now calls Australia home, and works as a retrievalist for the Central Australian Retrieval Service (CARS) in the Northern Territory.

Today we sit down with Dr Andrew Graham. Andrew has worked as orthopedic surgeon and wilderness medic for the past 35 years. He has supported and completed endurance events and adventure races in Australia, Morocco, Borneo, Fiji and New Zealand. He has also provided medical support and completed expeditions across the infamous Kokoda Trail in Papua New Guinea over 15 times.

Today we sit down with Mr Mark Ward. Mark is a commercial skipper, avid fisherman and paramedic from Weipa in Queensland, Australia. We talk about life in the north, the challenges of delivering medicine in remote environments and what it's like to be stung by Australia's deadliest marine creature, the Box jellyfish.