The National Conference on Wilderness Medicine Big Island of Hawaii 2017 is a seminar that covers topics such as:
- Recognize and properly manage frostbite in the field
- Identify prevention and treatment of altitude illness based on an understanding of the underlying physiology
- Fracture and dislocation in the wilderness
- Identify and treat hypothermia in the field
- The pathophysiology and treatment of heat related illness
The National Conference on Wilderness Medicine Big Island of Hawaii 2017 brings together:
- Nurses
- Primary care physicians
- Physician assistants
- Other healthcare providers who might encounter patients in remote settings or who may treat patients that develop medical problems after visiting remote areas
