Clubs and Societies

The International HAPE Database www.altitude.org/hape.htm

APEX Altitude research group http://www.apex-altitude.com/

Birmingham Medical Research Expeditionary Society: www.bmres.org.uk or if not working http://users.fmrib.ox.ac.uk/~kylep/bmres_altitude_meeting.htm

CIWEC Clinic Kathmandu: www.ciwec-clinic.com

Expedition Advisory Centre: www.rgs.org

Himalaya Rescue Association: www.himalayanrescue.com

IKAR website. The International Commission for Mountain Emergency Medicine ICAR MEDCOM was founded in 1948 by the Alpine countries as a sub-commission of the International Commission for Mountain Rescue with the aim of improving medical treatment of casualties in the mountains. http://www.mountainmedicine.org/mmed/icarmedcom/papers.html

International Society for Mountain Medicine: www.ismmed.org

International Porter Protection Group: www.ippg.net

Porter's Progress UK http://www.portersprogressuk.org/PPUK/Home.html

International Society of Travel Medicine: www.istm.org

UIAA (International Mountaineering and Climbing Federation) Mountain Medicine Centre: www.theBMC.co.uk

UIAA: www.uiaa.ch

Wilderness Medicine Society: www.wms.org