HRA-USA Board of Directors
Luanne Freer Chairman, Founder/Director Everest ER Board member since: 2003 Day job: I work for Medcor Inc, a…
Book A Speaker Everest Emergency Room
Would you like Dr. Freer to speak about the clinic at your next event? Honorarium proceeds go directly…
Diarrhea
Diarrhea is the number one medical complaint of travelers in the first 2 weeks away from home. It…
About Us Everest ER Doctors
The Everest Base Camp Medical Clinic (Everest ER,) a project of the Himalayan Rescue Association-USA (US based nonprofit…
What can you do to help?
Friends – The Everest ER team would like to thank you for the outpouring of sympathy during this…
Everest ER mission project from a local villager perspective
Everest ER mission project from a local villager perspective
Thanks, Weatherport! (Watch this!)
Thanks a bunch to our friends at Weatherport for our new clinic tent – and for making this…
Come along with us!
The spring Everest climbing season is over, but we are hard at work planning fundraising for the Everest…
Everest Emergency Room – It’s a wrap!
The 2016 season for Everest ER is complete and our team is headed back to Kathmandu to store…
New website going up as our tents are coming down …
Take a spin around this beautiful new updated website for Everest ER! Thanks to Jake Underwood, our web…
Hypoxia and Frostbite on Mount Everest
Amidst the celebrations of over 200 summits yesterday, there were tragedies. Some of the ill and injured made…
May 9th Clinic Update
It’s May 9 and many of our climbing neighbors and friends are acclimatized and ready for their summit…
The marvels of modern medicine
The Everest ER is staffed with doctors with special training and experience in mountain and altitude medicine, and…
One Year Ago Today
25th April 2016 “At 1156 today, a minute’s silence was held at Everest ER and other climbing team…
Its All About the Wheels
Ouch! A trip to base camp averages about 100,000 steps, with hills up and down along the way.…
2 Weeks In
Our clinic has been in operation for just about 2 weeks now and our experience so far is…
Season end summary
Message from the ER doctors Rachel and Meg We would like to say a huge thank you to…
High altitude
High altitude respiratory problems were described by Somervell after his attempt on Mt Everest in 1924: “Finally, as…
AMS – Acute Mountain Sickness
Acute Mountain Sickness (AMS) is a constellation of symptoms that represents your body not being acclimatized to it’s…
HAPE – High Altitude Pulmonary Edema
Another form of severe altitude illness is High Altitude Pulmonary Edema, a potentially deadly condition that develops because…