高中英语教学：extreme medicine Parisa Hashempour.docx

EXTREME MEDICINE By?Parisa Hashempour? Discover the incredible stories of the extreme-conditions medics swapping their prescription pads and stethoscopes for rafts and snake venom… Costa Rica’s jungles might?seem an unlikely spot?for a group of medics to?converge. But trekking?through this dense stretch?of Central American wilderness, that’s?exactly who you might encounter. Trading stethoscopes and lab-made?pharmaceuticals for rafts and snake?venom, these medics come together?under the guidance of World Extreme?Medicine, an organisation training?paramedics, physiotherapists, nurses,?and doctors to work in?the world’s most volatile?and remote conditions. Extreme medicine?is a subdiscipline of?medicine in which?healthcare providers?respond to crises in war?zones, assist those left?behind after humanitys?most horrific disasters,?and conduct medicine?not just on land, but also deep?beneath the sea and even in outer?space. While all medics need to think?on their feet, Mark Hannaford, the?founder of World Extreme Medicine,?explains that for extreme medics, that?need is heightened. Medics might?treat a patient in the blistering heat?of a desert, on an ice-cold tundra,?or stabilise a person at altitude or in?the dark. Despite this, he says, “you?dont need to run a marathon with?a rucksack on every day to be an?extreme medic.” Physical fitness is?not the challenge. “The challenge is?adequately preparing yourself for the?environment you are going into.”“You really have to steward good?self-care in these environments,”?adds pre-hospital lead and extreme?medicine trainer, Eoin Walker. In?places like Costa Rica, Oman and?Slovenia, he teaches medics skills?in security, diet, wound closure,?hydration and facilitating team?dynamics on expedition. But medics?also learn to care for their own?physical and mental?health. “In the UK, we?don’t have to remember?to drink every hour, or?clean and dry our feet, or?look at our calorie content?or how much we’re?carrying—but you do in?that envi