Nick Wright

Nick is involved in academic and clinical support throughout the Mountain Medicine PgDip and MSc.

Nick lives in the Lake District and is a director of a company that provides paramedics and doctors to extreme and outdoor sport events globally. Most recently he has travelled to Mongolia providing services to a race across the frozen Khovsgol Lake and also to Namibia where he provided care during a multiday crossing of the desert to competitors. He later returned to Namibia to support the BBC Sport Relief Challenge in 2020. Nick has been a member of a mountain rescue team for 20 years. He is currently deputy team leader and training officer with a central Lakes team. Nick also fulfils a tactical command role within LDSAMRA. During the pandemic Nick worked on a helicopter service, providing a repatriation role to offshore oil rig workers exhibiting symptoms of Covid-19.