Emergency Medical Evacuation – Less Fast than You Think
Before Zac broke his arm, I’d assumed that emergency medical evacuation was, well, a fast process. You know. Just look at those three words: “emergency...
Before Zac broke his arm, I’d assumed that emergency medical evacuation was, well, a fast process. You know. Just look at those three words: “emergency...
The ambulance driver indicates I should buckle my seatbelt, which seems a little conservative of him until he hits the road. More than half the...
Morning dawns and both Zac and I are quite childishly excited about the prospect of a helicopter evac. You see, neither of us have actually...
The jeep rolls up the hill, and the doctor emerges, with a metal box of tricks. She’s a slight, friendly woman in her 30s: I...
Like all good travelling families headed to remote parts of developing countries, Zac and I are packing a medical kit stuffed to the gunnels with...
We know it’s going to be a brutal ride out from the reindeer people – six full days, seven hours a day, riding fast as...
The temperature drops at least 15°C as we head up into the taiga, the home of the Tsaatan, Mongolia’s reindeer people, the focus of our...
As we set out from Tsagaannuur, I mount my horse. Eleven days in, I’ve got the routine down pat. Tight hold on the reins, rein...