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33rd Annual The National Conference on Wilderness Medicine Big Sky Resort, Montana Beautiful Location Near Yellowstone July 27 - 31, 2019 Medicine and the Spirit of Adventure Register Online at Wilderness–medicine.com or Call 844-945-3263 Beehive Basin –– Big Sky Resort Backdrop Advanced Certification Course Advanced Wilderness & Expedition Provider Optional Course leading to AWEP Certification® (Participants receive 15.5 additional CME credits) Advanced level intensive and hands-on training taught by leaders in Wilderness Medicine including, Howard Donner, MD, Eric Weiss, MD, and Sheryl Olson, RN/BSN. Students will learn practical techniques and practice them in mock scenarios. Successful completion of course leads to AWEP Certification®. Sat, 8:00 am - 4:00 pm Sun, 2:00 - 5:30 pm Mon, 2:00 - 5:00 pm Tues, 2:00 - 5:00 pm Course tuition: $495 AWEP Certification® is good for 4 years and is the highest wilderness medicine certification offered. (Includes 15.5 additional AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™ all supplies, syllabus, breakfast, and certificate) Special Evening Presentation The Quest to Climb & Ski The Seven Summits Kit DesLauriers is the first person to ski from the highest mountain on each continent (The Seven Summits). Her ski and mountaineering feats earned her the 2015 National Geographic Society Adventurer of the Year award. She is the first woman to have won two consecutive World Freeskiing Champion titles. Kit has been a member of the North Face Global Athlete Team since 2005. She has led expeditions around the world, including to the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in the Brooks Range of Alaska where she made first ski descents of the highest peaks and contributed to scientific mapping of the region. Tuesday, July 29, 8:00 PM Kit DesLauriers Photo by Brittany Mumma Register Online at Wilderness–medicine.com or Call 844-945-3263 PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOPS Wilderness and Urban Survival Wilderness Navigation Saturday, July 27, 8:00 am – 4:00 pm $125 Saturday, July 27, 8:00 am – 4:00 pm $125 A unique opportunity to learn and practice both basic and advanced Learn and practice essential skills for safe survival skills from a Navy Seal Instructor and other renowned and efficient wilderness navigation including survival experts who train our elite Special Forces. This all day trip planning and implementation. Practice “hands-on” workshop is a practical and fun, skill building experience, interpreting topographic (contour) maps, designed to prepare you to survive on land, in the sea, in wilderness take and follow compass bearings, and apply and urban environments. Limited enrollment (register early!) altimeter / GPS information. Learn pitfalls Participants will learn how to: to avoid and tricks to get out of • Signal and “be found” • Protect yourself trouble. Course includes a syllabus, • Obtain food and water during a disaster maps and ski lift ride into the • Build fires with primitive tools • Travel safely in developing beautiful mountains around Big • Escape a hotel fire countries and avoid being Sky. We provide compasses, • Construct & improvise “ripped off” altimeters, and GPS units, or survival kits • Find and construct bring your own! • Survive a plane crash emergency shelters Faculty: Nick Beer The Program Saturday, July 27, 2019 2:00 - 4:30 pm Registration 4:30 pm Defining Wilderness Medicine Eric A. Weiss, MD 4:45 pm Hypothermia Prevention & Treatment Eric A. Weiss, MD 5:35 pm Arthropod Envenomation: Spiders, Scorpions, Wasps & Ants Richard F. Clark, MD 6:30 pm Welcome Reception (Families & Friends Invited) Music, Hors d’oeurves and Beverages Sunday, July 28, 2019 7:00 am Late Registration/Continental Breakfast/Exhibits 7:30 am Surviving The Unexpected Night Out Gary Kibbee 8:20 am Snake Envenomation Richard F. Clark, MD 9:10 am Heat-Related Emergencies Eric A. Weiss, MD “Entire faculty was 9:50 am Coffee Break incredible! The most 10:05 am Altitude Illness: Prevention & Treatment fun course I have been Howard Donner, MD to…I didn’t want it 10:55 am Preparing for International Travel: Update on to end.” Immunizations, Malaria Prevention & Safety Catherine Worthy, NP Christopher Sanford, MD 11:45 am Wilderness 911: Mountain Search & Rescue Lanny Johnson, FN/PA 12:35 pm Adjourn – FREE TIME Enjoy Big Sky Country or attend an optional workshop 7:30 pm Avalanche Survival, Safety and Rescue Lanny Johnson, FN/PA 8:30 pm SPECIAL EVENING PROGRAM (Guests Welcome) Disaster Relief & Rescue in Haiti and New Orleans Christopher Sanford, MD Register Online at Wilderness–medicine.com or Call 844-945-3263 The Program Monday, July 29, 2019 7:00 am Continental Breakfast / Exhibits 7:30 am Travel Medicine Update: Malaria, Dengue, Typhoid, Zika and More… Christopher Sanford, MD 8:20 am Wilderness Dermatology: Poison Ivy/Oak & Other Rashes Lee Kaplan, MD 9:05 am Frostbite Prevention & Treatment Howard Donner, MD “Extraordinary 9:45 am Coffee Break conference... most 10:00 am Backcountry & Expedition Medical Kits enjoyable learning Howard Donner, MD experience I have ever 10:55 am Venomous Sea Creatures & Shark Attacks encountered.” Karen Van Hoesen, MD Joseph Easly, MD 11:45 am Flood & River Rescue, Whitewater Medicine & Safety Kyle Allred, PA-C 12:30 pm Adjourn – FREE TIME Enjoy Big Sky Country or attend an optional workshop 7:45 pm Prevention & Treatment of Blisters Kyle Allred, PA-C 8:30 pm SPECIAL EVENING PROGRAM (Guests Welcome) Polar Scuba Diving in Antarctica Karen Van Hoesen, MD Tuesday, July 30, 2019 7:00 am Continental Breakfast / Exhibits 7:30 am Traveler’s Diarrhea, Giardia, & Other Wilderness Infections Eric A. Weiss, MD 8:20 am Below Sea Level: Updates in Dive Medicine & Safety Karen Van Hoesen, MD “The conference is 9:10 am Sunscreens & Insect Repellents just teaming with Lee Kaplan, MD great speakers... magnificently 9:55 am Coffee Break exciting talks... just 10:10 am Trauma & Improvised Care in Austere Environments a perfect balance of Eric A. Weiss, MD business and fun.” 10:55 am Fracture & Dislocation Management Carol Ferris, MD in the Backcountry Joseph B. Serra, MD 11:50 am “Is There a Doctor on Board?” Medical Emergencies at 35,000 Feet Howard Donner, MD 12:35 pm Adjourn – FREE TIME Enjoy Big Sky Country or attend an optional workshop 7:00 pm Banquet (Guests Welcome) 8:00 pm Special Presentation (Guests Welcome) The Quest to Climb & Ski The Seven Summits Kit DesLauriers Note: Times, topics and speakers may vary somewhat from published brochure and syllabus. * Banquet is optional. Tickets are $55 Register Online at Wilderness–medicine.com or Call 844-945-3263 Workshops & Concurrent Sessions Wednesday, July 31, 2019 8:00 am - 12:00 pm Participants may attend 4 different workshops of their choice. (One hour each - listed below). The workshops below are included in your course tuition, and do not require pre-registration. IMPROVISED PACKAGING, SPLINTING & BACKCOUNTRY WATER PURIFICTION: 1 EVACUATION: This hands-on workshop will 6 Learn how to effectively purify and disinfect water. cover improvised splinting in the backcountry, including Participants will have the opportunity to test different wa- splinting of common injuries using materials found in a ter purifiers and learn about the latest water disinfection typical backpack, building various improvised litters from technologies. Howard J. Donner, MD commonly available outdoor equipment, and stabilizing ORIENTEERING/ROUTEFINDING: An intro- & transporting patients. Howard J. Donner, MD 7 duction to navigation using map, compass, and GPS. FRACTURE & DISLOCATION MANAGE- Nickolas Beer 2 MENT: Learn how to recognize, reduce and SURVIVAL STRATEGIES FOR THE ADVEN- splint fractures and dislocations in the backcountry. 8 TURE TRAVELER: Learn how to protect yourself Joseph B. Serra, MD and stay safe while traveling. Learn what to do if you’re 3 TAKING CHILDREN SAFELY INTO THE caught in a fire, disaster, or hijacked airplane, lose your WILDERNESS: Covers common medical issues passport, and what precautions to take when you’re away for children in backcountry/foreign travel. Learn how to from home. Philip White maximize enjoyment, appreciation, and safety on family LIGHTNING PREVENTION & INJURIES: wilderness trips from a pediatric & emergency wilderness 9 expert. Karen Van Hoesen, MD Lightning is not only spectacular, it is dangerous. Many myths and misconceptions exist about lightning. CLIMATE CHANGE & GLOBAL HEALTH: 4 Learn how to lessen your chances of being struck and how A discussion of multiple ways climate change and to treat lightning injuries. Sheryl Olson, RN/BSN extreme weather patterns may impact the spread of disease and the allocation of health care resources. THE THAI CAVE RESCUE: Cave and other 10 confined spaces are some of the most challenging Sheryl Olson, RN/BSN environments for rescuers. A US Navy SEAL expert 5 WILDERNESS WISDOM FOR WOMEN: In in confined space and dive rescue, who has worked the backcountry, women may have different needs with the Thai Navy SEALs, will discuss the training, and concerns than men. This workshop will address topics special equipment and operational challenges needed such as packing light, personal safety and other needs of to accomplish these difficult rescues and survive in a women traveling in the wilderness or a foreign country. subterranean environment. Gary Kibbee Sheryl Olson, RN/BSN Optional “Hands-on” Workshops PRE-REGISTRATION REQUIRED & CLASS SIZE IS LIMITED. The optional workshops listed below are offered in conjunction with the conference to enhance your experience. Please note that these workshops are separate from the course workshops which are included with your tuition on Wednesday, July 31st. WILDERNESS SURVIVAL: This workshop is a hands-on skill building experience. You will learn how to construct shelters, obtain food and water, build fires with primitive tools, signal, track, route-finding and survival kits. Sunday, July 28 or Tuesday, July 30, 1:30 – 5:30 pm. $75. Instructor: Gary Kibbee URBAN & TRAVEL SURVIVAL: You have just lost all of your belongings and your passport in an earthquake or act of terrorism.