Ten Anaesthetic Machines Transported from Devon to Ukraine to Support Critical Care Treatment
A convoy led by the World Extreme Medicine Fund (WEMF) has successfully delivered ten anaesthetic machines from Devon, UK to Kropyvnytski Hospital in Ukraine, helping support intensive care treatment for patients suffering severe infection and trauma-related complications caused by war injuries. The machines, donated by the Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust as part […]
From Ukraine to NATO: How Prolonged Casualty Care Is Reshaping Operational Medicine
In June 2026, members of the World Extreme Medicine Fund (WEMF) team will join military medical personnel, operational planners, and multinational healthcare units in Estonia for NATO Exercise VIGOUROUS WARRIOR 2026. Held between 10th to 19th June, Vigorous Warrior is NATO’s largest multinational military medical exercise, bringing together allied and partner nations to test medical […]
WEMF surgical training in Ukraine receives formal accreditation, strengthening frontline capability
The World Extreme Medicine Fund (WEMF) has received formal accreditation for its Maxillofacial (Max Fax) Surgical Course delivered in Ukraine. This milestone marks a significant step forward in ensuring that high-quality, field-relevant surgical training is both recognised and standardised, even in some of the most complex and resource-limited environments. The accreditation has been awarded through […]
Practice to Perform: Inside WEMF’s Frontline Facial Trauma Workshops in Ukraine
Doing anything for the first time, especially a clinically invasive emergency procedure, is hard. If you don’t do that procedure regularly, it doesn’t get much easier – muscle memory fades, confidence drops, and you need reliable resources to remind you what to do, step by step. So, how do we try to get around this […]
From Emergency Response to Enduring Partnership: Collaborative Learning and the Evolution of Prolonged Casualty Care in Ukraine
By: Alex Gasper, Luca Alfatti MSc FRRHH FEWM, and Professor Mark Hannaford DSc (hc) FRRHH FEWMPrepared by the World Extreme Medicine Fund in collaboration with Ukrainian and international clinical partners The Dnipro River basin, a region with a long medical heritage stretching back to Scythian and Byzantine healers, has once again become a […]
Saving Limbs, Saving Lives: Expanding Access to External Fixation Worldwide
Some of the most powerful innovations in medicine aren’t about reinventing what we use, but rethinking who can access it.From a workshop in the UK to operating theatres in Ukraine and beyond, one small device is reshaping trauma care on a global scale. A Simple Frame That Changes Everything The external fixator is a humble […]
Taking Casualty Care Further: Introducing the Prolonged Field Care (PFC) / Prolonged Casualty Care (PCC) Course
Location: Muncaster Castle, Cumbria, UKDates: 2nd – 6th February 2026 Find out more about the course by clicking here. For over three years, the World Extreme Medicine Fund (WEMF) has been training medics in Ukraine, delivering trauma care in the most testing conditions imaginable. Now, for the very first time, WEMF is bringing that knowledge […]
Double Recognition: Mark Hannaford & Luca Alfatti Awarded FRRHH Fellowship
We’re proud to share that WEM Fund founders Mark Hannaford and Luca Alfatti have both been awarded the Fellowship of the Faculty of Remote, Rural & Humanitarian Healthcare (FRRHH) from the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. This double recognition highlights their dedication to advancing healthcare in some of the world’s most remote and challenging […]
Tourniquets in Conflict: Lessons, Myths, and the Path Forward
On the battlefield, few tools have the potential to be as immediately lifesaving as the tourniquet. At their best, they are simple to apply and can reliably stop catastrophic limb bleeding. They may be the difference between a soldier surviving to reach definitive care or dying within minutes. Yet, as the war in Ukraine has […]
Reflections from Mykolaiv
Contributor Juan Lopez TiboniJuan is an Argentinian-born, Canadian-raised Internal Medicine specialist and humanitarian doctor. He’s worked on global projects from Uganda to Afghanistan, with a focus on point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) in resource-limited settings. Juan is involved with organisations like Floating Doctors, World Extreme Medicine Fund, and Health Volunteers Overseas, and shares his experiences at humanitarianmedicjournals.com. […]