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Australian Antarctic Division You might not expect to find carpenters, chefs, or an experienced boilermaker in a hospital operating theatre. But that’s exactly where one such group of tradies and technicians has been spending their time in Hobart recently… and not only that – they’re bound for Antarctica. A group of eight expeditioners – scheduled to depart for Mawson and Davis research stations in late January – have completed in intense fortnight of training at the Royal Hobart Hospital. They’re now equipped to work on the Antarctic stations as Lay Surgical Assistants, on hand...

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...