The third segment (longer than normal, sorry but it’s good) of our interview with John Allerding, DO, OUCOM 1985 graduate, and his desire, drive and obsession with working with Antarctica. In this final segment we discuss a bit about telemedicine, technology and trying to be the spectrum of allied health with his physician assistant and a smattering of paramedics.
You really need to understand that working in Antarctica is the definition of “austere medicine”. We think that this episode will help you fully appreciate this.
John takes a lot of time in this episode to discuss daily life on the ice. Part of this centered around how you survive if the power goes out since you would be frozen solid in a matter of hours. The entire discussion reinforces the idea that to work on Antarctica you have to have a lot of metal and confidence in your plans and back up plans and back up plans for those back up plans. It is not for everyone. But the vistas are beautiful and John talks about this as well.
John has a Facebook page and it has all of the normal stuff that you would think to find on a Facebook page (photos of life, grandkids and a healthy smattering of John’s obsession with Corvettes) and It has some of Johns incredibly beautiful photos of Antarctica. We encourage you to pull it up as you listen to this (assuming you are not driving).
NO JOKE, DISTRACTED DRIVING IS ILLEGAL AND INCREDIBLY DANGEROUS
https://www.facebook.com/john.allerding?__tn__=%2CdC-R-R&eid=ARA1kzwD_WzTBIxCQ_HpPVzsJXFtGB9-RWq26dxea0nEM2YDt904ckylJ-EmPJjIZz1SvdrYHAI-2GKB&hc_ref=ARRgMme8-spp6rGcBxEVn3UgaINpFPsEDrAkElhDNXBwj_DumR-L8csVgfqw61XkqBo&fref=nf
109th Airlift Wing NY Air National Guard https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/109th_Airlift_Wing
UTMB Center for Polar Medical Operations https://www.utmb.edu/polar
United States Antarctic Program https://www.usap.gov/
Robert Schwarz http://www.antarctic-adventures.de/
Leading at the Edge https://syncreticsgroup.com/leading-at-the-edge/
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Intro and Outro Music:
Breaking the Ice by Zac Nelson
Courtesy of Artlist.io
Produced by: Todd Fredricks DO and Brian Plow MFA
Edited by: Todd Fredricks DO
Cohost: Zachary Wills OMS 3
Intro and Disclaimers: Chukwudubem Obianagha OMS 3
Cut Clip: BTS conversation about Penguins and Seals with John (Who doesn’t like penguins?)
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