Latest EWM news; iphone app for Extreme Medicine Conference, Mountain Medicine Nepal, members area & upcoming courses
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4 weeks to go and the conference is shaping up beautifully.
My intention has always been to bring together the 3 specialties involved in the care of patients in a remote environment to create an atmosphere in which we can all learn from each other and inspire young medics to become involved in what I see as a fantastically stimulating and exciting specialty. I think the biography page on the conference website speaks for itself and looks a fabulous prospect of cutting edge medicine from many of the leading individuals in their field of remote medicine.
In the current atmosphere in medicine we all have to demonstrate our endeavours to develop our academic, clinical and practical skills. We have been fortunate that the conference has been awarded 31.75 CME by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME). If you can demonstrate that a particular lecture has altered your medical practice you can double your CME. We have also been awarded 32.25 FAWM points for those who are pursuing the Fellowship of the Academy of Wilderness Medicine. For more information on this postgraduate fellowship awarded by the Wilderness Medical Society please visit their website here.
I’m looking forward to the conference and hope to see many of you there
Dr Sean Hudson
4 weeks to go and the conference is shaping up beautifully.
My intention has always been to bring together the 3 specialties involved in the care of patients in a remote environment to create an atmosphere in which we can all learn from each other and inspire young medics to become involved in what I see as a fantastically stimulating and exciting specialty. I think the biography page on the conference website speaks for itself and looks a fabulous prospect of cutting edge medicine from many of the leading individuals in their field of remote medicine.
In the current atmosphere in medicine we all have to demonstrate our endeavours to develop our academic, clinical and practical skills. We have been fortunate that the conference has been awarded 31.75 CME by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME). If you can demonstrate that a particular lecture has altered your medical practice you can double your CME. We have also been awarded 32.25 FAWM points for those who are pursuing the Fellowship of the Academy of Wilderness Medicine. For more information on this postgraduate fellowship awarded by the Wilderness Medical Society please visit their website here.
I’m looking forward to the conference and hope to see many of you there
Dr Sean Hudson
We are really pleased to be announcing the launch of a new milestone course. Building on the skills learnt in the foundation Expedition & Wilderness Medicine course but also suitable as a standalone the Pre-Hospital Trauma and Medical Emergency 2 day course is for medical practitioners who may not have regular exposure to witnessing and managing acute medical emergencies and/or trauma injuries and who are interested in improving and refining their skill base for expeditions, remote practice, humanitarian relief mission or everyday practice.
The course will be CME/ CPD accredited.
Summary
The weekend will consist of small group interactive workshops with practical sessions and moulages (clinical scenarios using a mannikin and all relevant medical equipment) and lectures. Examples of practical sessions will include limb splinting, use of pelvic, Kendrick and improvised splints, advanced IV access and chest drains, so the weekend learning is interactive, experiential and dynamic.
The topics covered over the weekend will include basic trauma care such as simple fracture reduction, basic splinting, ring blocks, suturing, wound dressings, burns, minor injuries; major trauma care such as detailed primary survey, airway management (including use of iGELS), chest injury management, haemorrhage control including pelvic and long bone fracture management, permissive hypotensive fluid management, head injuries; and assessment and management of medical emergencies such as the treatment of the severe asthmatic, anaphylaxis, seizures, myocardial infarction, sepsis, heat illness – all in the pre-hospital and remote environment setting (i.e. learning how to optimise care prior to a patient getting access to hospital).
Visit the Pre-Hospital Trauma and Medical Emergency course webpage
We are really pleased to be announcing the launch of a new milestone course. Building on the skills learnt in the foundation Expedition & Wilderness Medicine course but also suitable as a standalone the Pre-Hospital Trauma and Medical Emergency 2 day course is for medical practitioners who may not have regular exposure to witnessing and managing acute medical emergencies and/or trauma injuries and who are interested in improving and refining their skill base for expeditions, remote practice, humanitarian relief mission or everyday practice.
The course will be CME/ CPD accredited.
Summary
The weekend will consist of small group interactive workshops with practical sessions and moulages (clinical scenarios using a mannikin and all relevant medical equipment) and lectures. Examples of practical sessions will include limb splinting, use of pelvic, Kendrick and improvised splints, advanced IV access and chest drains, so the weekend learning is interactive, experiential and dynamic.
The topics covered over the weekend will include basic trauma care such as simple fracture reduction, basic splinting, ring blocks, suturing, wound dressings, burns, minor injuries; major trauma care such as detailed primary survey, airway management (including use of iGELS), chest injury management, haemorrhage control including pelvic and long bone fracture management, permissive hypotensive fluid management, head injuries; and assessment and management of medical emergencies such as the treatment of the severe asthmatic, anaphylaxis, seizures, myocardial infarction, sepsis, heat illness – all in the pre-hospital and remote environment setting (i.e. learning how to optimise care prior to a patient getting access to hospital).
Visit the Pre-Hospital Trauma and Medical Emergency course webpage
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We have a couple of last minute discounted places on our upcoming Mountain Medicine Course in Nepal headed up by Dr Luanne Freer of Everest ER and Dr Martin Rhodes. Contact [email protected] if you are interested and have the time free!!
Some of the detail…
The ultimate mountain medicine course, the path of which follows the Everest Base Camp Trail up the Khumbu valley to base camp itself, situated in the shadow of the worlds most iconic peak.
Many of you know Dr Luanne Freer as the founder and director of EverestER, and a volunteer physician for the non profit Himalayan Rescue Association (HRA) in Nepal. Founded in 2003 EverestER is the world highest clinic a seasonal tent-based medical facility at the Everest Base Camp (17,600 ft/5350m).
Luanne, who is also a past president of the Wilderness Medical Society and Medical Director for Yellowstone National Park, aims to pass on the learning’s from her years of providing medical cover at this altitude through this mountain medicine course, and also hopes to transfer her passion for the Khumbu valley and Nepal in general
‘The Mountain Medicine course was one of the most amazing experiences of my life lead by a world class exped team. Really grateful for the opportunity to attend the course’
The Wilderness Medicine Society has granted the Extreme Medicine Conference 32.25 credits towards the Fellowship of Wilderness Medicine if all 4 days of the conference are attended
The Academy of Wilderness Medicine is a modular system of adult education that organizes the broad range of information in the discipline of Wilderness Medicine. It delivers them in a professionally packaged, standardized fashion according to modern concepts of medical education using objectives as the basis for learning experiences and outcomes evaluation where appropriate.
The most visible of the Academy’s modular programs, and the one that promises to be the most popular, is the Fellowship program (Fellow of the Academy of Wilderness Medicine TM or FAWM). This initiative offers a means to identify those who have achieved a demanding set of requirements validating their training and experience in Wilderness Medicine for the assurances of patients, clients, and the public at large. Society members enroll in the Academy and, by completing lessons from a pre-established Wilderness Medicine curriculum as well as receiving credit for specefic, indentiable experience; accumulate credit toward becoming a Fellow.
Any current member of the Wilderness Medical Society who successfully completes the requirements will have the distinction of being a registered member of the Academy of Wilderness Medicine and entitled to use the designation Fellow of the Academy of Wilderness Medicine (FAWM) and may reference it on resumes, business cards, and advertisements.
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