Preparing to go

This time next month I'll be on my way to South Georgia!  The last few months have flown by in a blur and I now can't wait to get going.  I'll be flying on 4th November on the Falkland Islands airbridge - a 22hr flight via Ascension Island (EDIT: looks like I'll be flying the long way now via Chile....with BAS the itinerary is never firm until you are on a plane and in the air!).  In Stanley I'll join the BAS ship RRS JCR (James Clark Ross) as she sails south to Signy Island and then on to KEP, South Georgia.

The focus has now shifted from medical training (and completing MSc module assignments!) to BAS-related preparation...

The Appendix Question

I had a great time on the Basic Surgical Skills Course - all docs should do it!

It has been a while since I last wrote and my time here in Plymouth seems to be flying by. Us BASMU docs are still feeling privileged to have the opportunity to refresh our medical knowledge in a whole range of specialities, and have been introduced to new skills too.
‘So you’ve be learning how to take someone’s appendix out then?’...