After Chakotay is left behind alone during a mission without his com badge, he tries to communicate with the life-form on the planet by calling out at them, without prior contact. This is a rather illogical approach, since the badge also functions as a universal translation device.
When the away team discovered that they could not beam down to the surface, they used a shuttlecraft instead. When the storm occurred, B'Elanna and Tuvok are beamed back to the ship, and Chakotay is left behind. When he awakened, he pulled out his tricorder and noticed that there was no shuttlecraft to be found - and he assumed they made it out okay. What we can infer is either the shuttle was destroyed in the storm, or it was also beamed back to the ship. Not just left behind as most people think.
When Neelix is attacked by the "hawk", Commander Chakotay has Neelix transported back to the ship. Only moments before did they take a shuttle craft due to the inability of the transporter to lock onto a location. While Tuvok correctly surmises later that this is due to the aliens' attempts to keep Voyager's people away, and that attempts to leave would not be hindered, Chakotay has no way of knowing this when he calls for the beam-out.
After Ensign Wildman leaves Sickbay, Kes chides the Doctor for his lack of showing compassion and tells him that he doesn't know what it's like to "feel pain" or to "be hurt", but in Projections (1995) he clearly felt physical pain on several occasions, and even suffered injuries.