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Wilderness Medicine in Dorset - Cambridge University medical student VLOG #40

2018-07-14 · Vlog or day in the life · Ali, a guest · recording, 5:08 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Medicine and his doctor years · mode: Demonstration and walkthrough

Ali vlogs his last Cambridge University Wilderness Medicine Society trip, to the Jurassic Coast in Dorset: an early-morning avalanche scenario, a snakebite scenario on a walk, swimming at Lulworth Cove and a group dinner, and he calls it the best society for learning medicine outside the hospital.

What is said

The parts of the video and what is said in each (★ — how much it matters to the video).

00:00:00 — Arrival at the Jurassic Coast and a 7 a.m. avalanche scenario

  • ★★★ Ali is on the Jurassic Coast in Dorset on a wilderness medicine trip, the last one of the year and the last one ever for him. — 00:00:00
  • ★★ The students are woken at 7 a.m. for a scenario in which an avalanche in the Alps hits a house, leaving people with broken legs and one unconscious. — 00:00:00

00:00:24 — Views of the Jurassic Coast

00:00:57 — Snakebite scenario on a hike

  • ★★ a guest: In a scenario set on day five of a hike in the Central American wilderness, Marcus is bitten by a snake, and the students completely immobilise the patient without interfering with the wound. — 00:01:37

00:02:07 — Swimming in the cold sea at Lulworth Cove

  • ★ Ali swims in the really cold sea at Lulworth Cove. — 00:02:33

00:03:09 — Group dinner and barbecued bananas

  • ★ After a green Thai curry dinner the group barbecues bananas filled with strawberries, chocolate and marshmallows, which Ali has never done before. — 00:03:39

00:04:09 — Why the Wilderness Medicine Society is worth it; card game and good night

  • ★★ Ali calls the Wilderness Medicine Society the best society in the world: retreats in amazing places, walks outside, exciting medicine learned outside the hospital and incredible teachers. (overstated) — 00:04:09
  • ★ The day ends with all 22 people on the trip in a big circle playing a weird card game. — 00:04:40

In the description and comments

  • ★★ The Cambridge University Wilderness Medicine Society organises trips to pretty places where members go on walks and do emergency medical scenarios; this one was to the Jurassic Coast in Dorset. — video description

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Mentioned

Central: Cambridge University Wilderness Medicine Society · Jurassic Coast · wilderness medicine

Also: Dorset · Lulworth Cove

Only in the description or credits: University of Cambridge

Also centred on Cambridge University Wilderness Medicine Society: Wilderness Medicine Expedition - Cambridge University medical student VLOG #03 · Midnight Medical Emergency - Cambridge University medical student VLOG #04

Also centred on wilderness medicine: Students' Wilderness Medicine UK Conference - Cambridge University medical student VLOG #14

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