Episodes
Friday Jun 07, 2019
Friday Jun 07, 2019
Dr Dinesh Deonarain is a Fellow of the RNZCUC and has just completed 50 days at Everest Base Camp as one of the Doctors staffing the Everest ER.
We catch up with him in Kathmandu at the end of his adventure as he prepares to travel home. We talk about his experiences, how he got to work there and the physical and mental strains of working at such high altitude. We also hear him recite a couple of passages from his blog. You can read the rest by following the links below.
If you would like to support Everest ER and the Himalayan Rescue Association, you can donate by bank transfer to: BNZ 02-0800-0196128-000. Also, you can follow Everest ER this season at www.EverestER.org
or visit the Himalayan Rescue Association website and Facebook page
https://himalayanrescue.org.np
https://www.facebook.com/HRANepal
Read Dinesh's Blog here
https://rnzcuc.org.nz/boots-on-everest-episode-1/
https://rnzcuc.org.nz/boots-on-everest-episode-8/
Listen to Dinesh's journey to Urgent Care and Wilderness medicine on our Profile in Urgent Care interview.
https://rnzcuc.org.nz/profile-in-urgent-care-part-1-dr-dinesh-deonarain/
https://www.facebook.com/rnzcuc
Music licensed from www.premiumbeat.com
Billion Stars by Remember the Future
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Friday Sep 21, 2018
Profile in Urgent Care - Part 1 - Dr Dinesh Deonarain
Friday Sep 21, 2018
Friday Sep 21, 2018
Welcome to our first Profile in Urgent Care. In this Profile we talk to Dr Dinesh Deonarain about how he became an Urgent Care Physician and how it has allowed him to maintain a work life balance and pursue his passion for wilderness medicine.
- Bachelor of Science with honours specialisation in Zoology (BSc. Hons. Zoology)
- Doctor of Medicine (MD) graduate with honours distinction
- Diploma in Community Emergency Medicine (PGDipCEM)
- Fellow of the Academy of Wilderness Medicine (FAWM)
- Fellow of the Royal New Zealand College of Urgent Care (FRNZCUC)
- Member of the Wilderness Medical Society (WMS)
- Clinical Director of the Urgent Care Clinic, Marlborough, NZ
- Locum Emergency Senior Medical Officer
- Active volunteer with the Himalayan Rescue Association (HRA) of Nepal
- Advanced Wilderness Life Support (AWLS) instructor with WildMed (NZ)