david Osbourne

MIRA  FPOSi  UKML

Faculty

David ‘Os’ Osborne is a Remote Area Medic, TV Unit Manager & Jungle Expedition Leader. He led extreme jungle survival, conservation and community development expeditions in Central America and Borneo for 4 years, before going on to completing a wide range of professional qualifications in Wilderness Medicine, Emergency Rescue & Health & Safety.

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Os has spent the last 4 years providing medical, health & safety, logistics and operational support to documentary film crews operating in remote and often hostile areas. He's now worked on 10 major series productions for the BBC, National Geographic, Discovery & History Channels in multiple countries across six continents, while also instructing on intensive Hostile Environments, Wilderness Medicine & Survival training courses. 

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He has recently returned from a BBC expeditionary series in the remote NW region of Papua New Guinea with Frank Gardner & Benedict Allen searching for Benedict's old tribal community and Franks' beloved Birds of Paradise.

 

His main area of interests are tropical medicine, remote casualty evacuations and the hard-skills required for safe expeditions.