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Figures & data
Figure 1. Flow chart.
Figure 2. Mapping of surgeons and non-surgeons present on the permanent stations in Antarctica.
Table 1. Summary of medical and surgical staff per year and per country. The unknown numbers (NA) are expressed as an interval since their numbers vary each year. These data are taken from the COMNAP 2017 catalogue (25).
Figure 3. Number of countries using each type of theoretical training. The “other” category included digital syllabus (UK), conferences (USA), and courses with CARMM (Australia).
Figure 4. Number of countries providing practical training for each gesture.
Table 2. Surgical management capabilities of the winter stations and the available equipment for general anaesthesia, blood transfusion, and telemedicine (25).
Figure 5. Number of countries using telemedicine before, during, or after surgery.
