Sunday Full Day 09.00am - 17.00pm Workshop: High Altitude Medicine and Cold Injuries Many IMLs work with groups above 2,500m and will need to advise clients about altitude related illnesses. Jon will discuss the latest altitude guidelines and illustrate his talk with case studies. There will be time for people attending to talk about their experiences and to ask questions. There will be an opportunity to look at a Portable Altitude Chamber and an EmOx oxygen administration set. In the second part of the session Jon will describe the current guidelines for the management of hypothermia and frostbite. The workshop will conclude with recommendations for medical kits for IMLs operating in the greater ranges. Workshop Leader – Dr Jon Dallimore Jon is a General Practitioner and a Specialty Doctor in Emergency Medicine at Bristol Royal Infirmary. Jon's expedition experience varies from the deserts of Namibia, Sinai and Northern Kenya to the jungles of Sulawesi, Belize, Thailand and Ecuador, and high altitude climbs and treks to Nepal, Greenland, Pakistan, Iceland, Morocco, East Africa and the Andes. Jon has been an IML since 2007 and regularly teaches on the UIAA Diploma in Mountain Medicine. He is a Course Director for the International Diploma of Expedition and Wilderness Medicine based at the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow. Jon has been the medical consultant to World Challenge Expeditions since 1993. He is a co-¬editor of the Oxford Handbook of Expedition and Wilderness Medicine (published in 2015).

Start

03/12/2017 09:00

End

03/12/2017 17:00

Maximum Bookings

22

Bookings

22

Venue

Glenmore Lodge

Town

Aviemore

County

Highland

Postcode

PH22 1QZ

Country

United Kingdom

Latitude

57.16000

Longitude

-3.68000

Name

Mountain Training UK & Ireland

Phone

01479 861 256

Website

Email