Tradies train up for emergency surgery on Australia's Antarctic team
Tradies train up for emergency surgery on Australia's Antarctic team SatSaturday 12 updated SunSunday 13 Royal Hobart Hospital staff help train Antarctic lay surgical assistants. ( Print text only Cancel Picture this: You're seriously injured at one of Australia's Antarctic research stations, but the station doctor's out of commission. You're 2,000 kilometres from the nearest hospital. Who would you pick to perform surgery on you: the station's chef, carpenter or boilermaker? Key points: The Australian Antarctic Division trains expeditioners with no medical background to become lay surgica...
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