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Track & Trail Adventures Inc, Khumbu Valley, Nepal
Oct 1, 2009 to Oct 21, 2009
Happening from Oct 1-21st, 2009, this CME event is set in Nepal’s unique Khumbu Valley and offers unprecedented hands-on teaching by exceptional faculty, including: Dr. Luanne Freer MD, FACEP, FAWM- founder Everest Base Camp Medical Clinic, Emergency Physician and Medical Director for Medcor Inc; Dr. Eric Johnson MD, FAAFP, FAWM- Director Emergency Services for Teton Valley Hospital- ID, volunteer Himalayan Rescue Association and Wally Berg a four time Everest summiter, National Geographic contributing photographer and founder Berg Adventures International. This accredited curriculum’s highlights include pathophysiology, treatment and prioritization of care for a variety of medical problems commonly encountered in wilderness environments and settings remote from hospital/ definitive care. Physicians and allied health care providers who counsel patients traveling to remote areas will be interested in the topics covered during this unique CME event. Curriculum includes altitude safety, altitude risk reduction, recent recommendations on altitude-related illnesses prophylaxis, rescue strategies and ethics, as well as real Everest war stories- uncovering what it really takes to save a life in the high mountain environment. This will be achieved through didactic lectures, small-group discussions, hands-on training and scenario-based simulation. Berg Adventures International is operating an Everest expedition Sept. 15 to Oct. 31 ‘09 - physicians apart of this CME will spend two nights at base camp to experience a working summit expedition- an exclusive opportunity. Discussions at base camp include the expedition physician.
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Organized by:
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Track & Trail Adventures Inc |
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Invited Speakers:
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LUANNE FREER, MD, FACEP, FAWM: Emergency physician, Founder and director, Everest base camp medical clinic; Medical director Yellowstone National Park and Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge for Medcor Inc; Past president, Wilderness Medical Society. Has taught Wilderness Medicine courses for physicians around the world for 12 years. ERIC JOHNSON, MD, FAAFP,FAWM:Director of Emergency Services, Teton Valley Hospital, ID. Lifetime member & immediate Past-President of the Wilderness Medical Society. Longstanding commitment to education in wilderness medicine, and recurrent volunteer to the Himalayan Rescue Association.
Both Johnson and Freer were featured by the BBC in a recent documentary on their efforts with the Everest Base Camp Medical Clinic. For a clip, please click here:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xr2emT0be90
Wally Berg- Four time Everest Summiter and founder Berg Adventures International Defined by his peers as “one of the world’s premier mountaineers,” Wally is a member of a small, elite group of high-altitude climbers. He has summited Everest four times. Wally and climbing partner Scott Fischer were the first Americans to reach the top of Lhotse, the world’s fourth-highest peak. During the 1990’s, Berg became the foremost “Seven Summits” guide, making it possible for many climbers to ascend the highest peak on each of the seven continents. A constant trademark of Wally’s expeditions is that every journey is undertaken with humility to the landscape and respect for local cultures.
Among the world’s foremost expedition leaders, Wally led the International Everest Expedition in 1992 and the American Everest “GPS” Expedition in 1998. On the latter expedition he installed a base plate for a Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver at Bishop’s Rock, just forty feet below the summit of Everest, and activated a Trimble 4800 receiver to capture geographic data from the highest fixed point on the planet.Wally organized and led “One Team – One Mountain: Berg Adventures Everest Expedition 2006.” The journey was highlighted by the spectacular ski descent from the summit of Everest by Kit and Rob DesLauriers, and photographer Jimmy Chin. With his inquisitive nature, his tenacity and his resourcefulness in wild places, Wally’s scientific and project-oriented trips surpass expectations. In 2000, Wally’s Embree Glacier Exploratory Expedition in Antarctica (a prestigious Explorers Club “Flag Expedition”), surveyed a previously unvisited region of the Ellsworth Mountains, completing first ascents and gathering data for NASA and for researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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Deadline for Abstracts:
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2009-09-01
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Registration:
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Tuition is set at $695US for 18 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits and up to 20.5 FAWM Credits from this meeting, accredited through the Wilderness Medical Society. Tuition is added onto the Everest Base Camp adventure costs of $4195US covering transfers and most land costs while in Nepal. Full conference details and an itinerary can be found at www.tandtadventures.com. Space is limited and registration closes soon. Please direct curriculum inquiries to Dr Luanne Freer, head faculty of this Everest CME, luannefreer@gmail.com. Space very limited- sell out expected soon. Contact Track & Trail Adventures today to reserve, 888.308.3007 toll free or 780.983.9913
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E-mail:
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jim@tandtadventures.com
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