The pathophysiology of heat stroke

There are three stages to heat injury: Heat Cramp, Heat Exhaustion and Heat Stroke. Here is what happens to a casualty who suffers from heat stroke.

Don't forget that treatment from heat injuries includes: 
   1. Removing the casualty from the environment
   2. Removing all clothing
   3. Moisten the entire body
   4. Fan with a shirt or other means.

Don't over cool the casualty. 

Survival Training for the Irish Defence Forces

Remote Medicine Ireland provided bushcraft, survival and SERE training for active duty soldiers at the Gormanstown barracks.

The difference between a rural and city based paramedic

The University of Tasmania conducted research on what differences are found between a city based paramedic and a paramedic practicing in rural and remote locations. They also wanted to find out what additional skills are needed for the remote medic.

US NREMT Paramedic Course

RMI is starting a paramedic course that certifies with the National Registry of EMTs based in the United States. This course is offered here in Ireland and in Texas.
Students who finish this course will be able to sit for the NREMT Paramedic exams.

Survival Medicine

   This week RMI was asked to give a talk on the medical aspects of survival. It is a subject that can range from the gun toting, fear-based, bunker living survivalist found in Montana and it can mean the permaculture, polytunnel living, hippy types.
   Survival Medicine is found somewhere between these two very different approaches to surviving the coming emergency.

Duct Tape and Safety Pins

Wilderness and Remote Medicine is practised in difficult environments with limited or no medical kit. A good medic will know how to improvise medical kit from common items found in an expedition ruck.

Paramedics in Northern Iraq

Here is an article about what civilian paramedics are facing while working contract work in Iraq. They face geographical hardships, working with limited kit and resupply but most importantly, the have to be continually aware of landmines.
Landmines are everywhere.

Wilderness Medicine Seminar for Irish Medical Students

   Last weekend on 27-28 October, Remote Medicine Ireland hosted 81 medical students from around the country for a weekend of Wilderness Medicine.
   The Emergency Medicine Student Society of Ireland asked RMI to conduct a weekend out in the wilds of Wicklow mountains. RMI gave them a weekend of fun and learning.

New RMI Instructor

Remote Medicine Ireland is pleased to announce that we have a new potential instructor Maria O'Connor. She joins us from County Cork but is originally from Ballybunion area of North Kerry.

Intro to Travel Medicine

If you find yourself in remote and exotic locations around the world it is important for you to know about Travel Medicine and what wee beasties are out there that can cause you harm.

Medical Kit List

In Wilderness, Expedition and Remote Medicine you don't always have a lot of medical kit with you. The kit you carry is what you have.
Here is a list of essential medical kit.

Foot Care for Adventure Racing

   There are the adventurous few who enjoy giving their feet a pounding while filling their head with endorphines. For these hardy folks it is important to keep your feet well cared for.

Prolonged Field Care

   For the wilderness and remote medic, casualty evacuation is often a long process. Sometime you may have your patient for a few hours or you may have them for several days while waiting for the weather to clear.

RMI begins to offer ExMed courses

   Over the past couple of weeks, RMI and the UK based ExMed have been negotiating terms for RMI to begin offering some of the ExMed flagship courses.

Clinical Procedures Course

In July 2012, Dr. Hagmann ran a procedures course for Deployment Medicine International. An RMI instructor was there to help Doc with the course.

RMI Paramedic Course

   This coming August, 2012, RMI will launch our first AREMT Paramedic programme. At the moment we have nine students enrolled and ready to start their adventure.

Degree for RMI courses

Diploma in Remote Medicine
Bachelors of Science in Remote Medicine
Master of Science in Remote Medic Practitioner




June 2012 
   RMI had a meeting with the faculty of the Limerick branch of Middlesex University. We are now another step closer to getting this academic option off the ground. We will be negotiating over the next couple of months until all of the RMI Core Faculty can gather for an academic meeting during the August RMI courses. During this meeting we will discuss and design each of these three degree options for RMI courses.

WFA for Scouts

Last weekend RMI taught a Basic Wilderness First Aid class for the Darrynane Scouts in Darrynane beach. There were 27 students ranging from 8 to 14 years of age.

Wilderness First Aid Level 3

   Last weekend RMI offered our first WFA3 course here in Killarney National Park. We had students come in to gain their certification requirements for either mountain leader or level three kayaking instructor.

Wilderness First Aid Course

RMI offered a WFA course this past weekend in the Killarney National Park's Education Centre. During this course nine students enjoyed fantastic Kerry weather and earned their certificate in Wilderness First Aid.