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Two members of office staff from Frontier Medical have to date raised over £6000 for the charity Help for Heroes. They recently organised a charity dinner with an auction and raffle that alone raised over ...
One of last week's Pride of Britain awards was given to the UK medical team supporting troops in Afghanistan. Civilian nurses and health professionals employed through UK remote site medical specialist, Frontier Medical, were part of the team that received special recognition for their contribution and ...
After more than 30 years working to promote and enhance standards of remote site medical care, John Kemp is retiring as Managing Director of Canadian Operations for Frontier Medical, a division of Exploration Logistics. Following the acquisition of John's company Exploration Medical Services (EMS) last year and the completion of the ...
Remote site medical and safety specialist, Exploration Logistics Group plc has acquired Calgary-based Avalon HSE in a move that reinforces the UK company's presence in Canada. It will enable the expansion of the specialist HSE service Avalon currently delivers to oil and gas operations in Canada, to support an international ...
The WHO pandemic alert level was raised to level 6 on 11 June 2009 as a result of the continued spread of the disease globally. The situation is still unchanged with ongoing community level outbreaks of swine flu in many parts of ...
Just 220 km south of the Arctic circle and 300 km from Yellowknife, capital of Canada's Northwest Territories, Bob Cannon is one of a team of Frontier Medical remote site medics, responsible for the health and well-being of more than 900 people working at one of Canada's leading open pit ...
Following the recent outbreak of influenza A(H1N1), Frontier Medical has been in regular contact with all of its clients and field staff offering advice and ...
More than just a medic, Vince Towers is one of a growing number of Frontier Medical specialists qualified to play a dual role in improving safety and accident prevention for Frontier Medical ...
A team from the Defence Medical Services Department (DMSD), part of the British Ministry of Defence (MoD), participated in the annual Army Medical Services Cross Country Championships on 26 Nov ...
The unique contribution of civilian nurses who have served and continue to serve with the Ministry of Defence in operational deployment overseas was recognised this week when fifteen nurses and a neurosurgeon received campaign medals for their services in Afghanistan and ...
Exploration Logistics Group plc, the UK-based provider of medical, safety, mine clearance and logistical support services has acquired Canadian firm Exploration Medical Services (EMS), successfully positioning Exploration Logistics to support the rapid expansion of oil, gas and mining operations in Canada driven by the escalating price of oil and other ...
"We could hear the patient moaning in pain somewhere at the end of the narrow tunnel and quickly made our way towards him, crawling as fast as we could through the darkness, the only light coming from our head torches. We didn't know what injuries we would find as a result ...
1 October, 2007
The Ministry of Defence has appointed a firm of remote site medical specialists, Frontier Medical to enhance medical support for UK forces overseas in a move designed to ensure more flexibility in recruiting civilian doctors, nurses and allied healthcare professionals to work in operational ...
24 June, 2007
With 200,000 workers dying each year due to exposure to smoke in the workplace, this year's World No Tobacco Day (31st May 2007) is designed to wake up employers worldwide to the dangers of second-hand ...
In safety-critical industries such as oil exploration, the increasing sophistication in the simulation powers of body manikins means that medics can now test their abilities and reactions in any real trauma scenario including dealing with third degree burns, a road crash, acute hypothermia or an industry specific injury such as a ...
3 May, 2007
IPIECA and OGP have produced a new publication on Malaria Management Programmes (MMPs) for the oil and gas industry. This is a useful guide that outlines and describes the scientific concepts, rational and value of MMPs for the oil and gas industry, as well as some useful templates such as implementation ...
28 December, 2006
A specialist X-ray unit that uses the world's first large area portable digital display instead of traditional X-ray film has been selected to perform in one of the world's most challenging environments, enhancing the quality of medical care available for organisations working in ...
28 July, 2006
Born and raised on the
North Coast of Kwazulu, Natal, Stephen Daly has covered a lot of ground - including
steep slopes, trenches, confined spaces, caves and mines. His National Diploma in
Ambulance and Emergency Care also put him on top of high angle rescue, fire technology
and motor vehicle, aircraft ...
3 March, 2006
There aren't many
medics who can describe what they do as rock and roll, but for Stew Holden, it's a pretty fair ...
3 August, 2005
Frontier Medical recognises World Aids Day, December 1st 2006 and supports the many advances made by our clients working all round the globe in advancing HIV health education and developing responsible business ...
30 November, 2006
Drugs recommended
by the UK Department of Health as best practice for use in the prevention of
HIV after a significant exposure are now available on-line to remote site
medical and first aid teams and to companies looking to provide support for
employees travelling to areas where ...
4 August, 2005
With driving
related incidents again topping the list of fatalities amongst OGP member companies
and their contractors in the annual global safety report, the OGP will be staging
an international conference in Cairo this November in an attempt to focus the
global upstream industry's attention on improving the ...
5 August, 2005
Hepatitis B is now
the world's most common, serious liver ...
1 June, 2005
Chances and challenges for oil exploration in Sudan
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The signing of the peace agreement between North and South Sudan
is being seen as one of the best opportunities in recent years to halt
Africa's longest running civil war, with substantial international ...
19 May, 2005
Frontier Medical, the UK's leading supplier of emergency medical support and health provision for employees remote from western-standard medical care, has established two new representative offices in Moscow and Tirana, strengthening its support to western organisations working anywhere in Russia or ...
3 May, 2005
Four months after the tsunamis that devastated large areas of South East Asia,
relief efforts in most of the affected areas have progressed from emergency management
to the development of long-term plans for infrastructure rebuilding and rehabilitation
of health ...
28 April, 2005
Whilst Health and Safety has always been a high priority for companies across the oil and
gas industry, traditionally the focus has been primarily on the welfare of
employees working within the geographical boundaries of a specific project.
Although some organisations have voluntarily gone down the track of examining ...
29 April, 2005
A recent epidemic of bacterial meningitis or meningococcal disease in South West Chad and
North Dafur State, Sudan, highlights the ongoing risks facing travellers to the
so-called meningitis belt, an area that bisects Central Africa stretching from
Mali across to ...
29 April, 2005
Prime Minister Tony Blair brought a smile to Frontier Medical's Baghdad-based support
team during a recent whistle stop trip to ...
8 February, 2005
Announced this month, two major advances in the development and technology of vaccine delivery could result in millions of lives being saved in the next ...
20 October, 2004
The successful development of oil and gas opportunities in Libya will require incoming organisations to master a range of logistical support issues and develop strategies for risk management to deal with the particular hazards, both natural and otherwise, that face all new arrivals in the ...
4 August, 2004
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