12th Annual Update in Altitude and Expedition Medicine 2019

The 12th Annual Update in Altitude and Expedition Medicine 2019 is a conference and tour to Adventurous locations with high altitude.

The 12th Annual Update in Altitude and Expedition Medicine 2019 includes topics such as:

• History of high altitude exploration
• Introduction to altitude medicine
• Acclimitisation
• Altitude physiology
• Acute Mountain Sickness
• Adaptation
• Determing fitness to climb
• HAPE and HACE
• Improvisation in an altitude environment
• Altitude nutrition
• Hypothermia
• Expedition medicine
• Drugs and altitude
• Heat stress
• Avalanche medicine
• Lightning strike
• Why things go wrong
• Exercise at altitude
• The latest research
• Altitude case studies

Who should Attend

Medical practitioners including physicians, nurses, paramedics and medical students.