Medicine on the Frontier

Medicine on the Frontier

Welcome to Medicine on the Frontier, brought to you by Unique Expeditions Remote Medical Training. Join Hosts Luc Woodall Gillard and Mat Howes as they talk to adventurers who push the limits of human fortitude around the world. Our guests are all experienced in their own right, allowing in depth conversations about all aspects of expeditions, from planning and preparation, to the medical and survival skills required and utilised in real world situations. Luc and Mat both specialise in expeditions, working in remote environments from the Norwegian arctic to the jungles of South East Asia and everywhere in between. Luc is expedition medic and leader as well as a Photojournalist covering health, conservation, conflict and humanitarian crises. Mat is an expedition leader as well as the Co-founder and Director of Unique Expeditions, Remote Medical Training. Join us as we explore medicine on the frontier.

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December 19, 2023 45 mins

MS1, Ep5: This is the final mini-series for Season 1, on this episode of Medicine on the Frontier, Hosts Luc Woodall Gillard and Mat Howes speak with Evan Chick, also known as @junior_survivor on Instagram. Despite being only 17, Evan has accomplished so much in the outdoors, with a special interest in youth development and engagement in the outdoors. He speaks about how he recommends people get into th...

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S1 Ep8: In this episode of Medicine on the Frontier, Hosts Luc Woodall Gillard and Mat Howes speak with real-life action man Andy Torbet. After studying Zoology at university, he served in the British Army's parachute and underwater bomb disposal team. After a varied military career, Andy left to pursue a career of adventures in the diving and skydiving industry. To date, he has been a presenter on mult...

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S1 Ep7: In this episode of Medicine on the Frontier, Hosts Luc Woodall Gillard and Mat Howes speak with Dr Teimojin Tan also known as @Survival.Doctors on Instagram. After enjoying his early years travelling in remote environments, he decided to join the Canadian Army and become a survival instructor while studying to become a Doctor! After years of training, he ended up in the Netflix series Alone, pla...

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S1 Ep6: In this episode of Medicine on the Frontier, Hosts Luc Woodall Gillard and Mat Howes speak with Dr Jamie Facer-Childs, A Doctor who has crossed Antarctica twice, first on foot and then again by kite ski! He is also the youngest to row across the Indian Ocean; more on that in a future episode. When he is not on some crazy expedition, he works as an Emergency Medicine Doctor and is the Head Instru...

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S1 Ep5: In this episode of Medicine on the Frontier, Hosts Luc Woodall Gillard and Mat Howes speak with Yousef Al Refaie, A Kuwaiti with a passion for pushing limits and breaking stereotypes. Yousef is a world record holder for being not only the 24th person but the youngest person to summit the seven volcanic summits at the age of 24. He has also traversed 400km across the desert known as the empty qua...

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S1 Ep4: In this episode of Medicine on the Frontier, Hosts Luc Woodall Gillard and Mat Howes speak with Dr Mabli Davies and Dr Nathalie Brown. Dr Mabli Davies, is an anaesthetic trainee based in Manchester, who on top of being an expedition and endurance event medic, has a special interest in women in the outdoors, particularly menstruation management and suppression methods. Joining her is Dr Nathalie ...

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S1 Ep3: In this episode of Medicine on the Frontier, Hosts Luc Woodall Gillard and Mat Howes speak with Mark Cherry, known to all as Scopey. Having left the army, he fell in love with the Jungle and now runs his own expeditions through Mad Dog Adventures. This episode is all about living and work in the tropics, in what many consider one of the hardest environments in the world. To follow along with Sco...

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Welcome to Medicine on the Frontier, an adventure podcast brought to you by Unique Expeditions Remote Medical Training. Taking you into the heart of the wilderness with stories of true human fortitude in some of the toughest conditions. 

 

Join Hosts Luc Woodall Gillard and Mat Howes for the pilot of Series 1, with our guest Dr Joshua Allison, an expedition doctor and co-founder of Unique Expeditions. We had a real laugh, talking a...

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