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EXPEDITION MEDICINE FOR DOCTORS, NURSES, PARAMEDICS & MEDICAL STUDENTS

MOROCCO 2008 Visit this link for details of the 2008 Morocco Mountain Medicine Expedition

See below for details of WMT's Chamonix winter & summer events and the NEW for 2008 UK based Taste of Expedition & Jungle Living courses

Summer Chamonix Events for Medical Professionals 2008

Expedition Medicine & Field Skills for Diverse Environments - 5th annual summer event

Lectures focused on medical planning & environmental medicine - intensive outdoor skill training – very practically oriented – essential for the outdoors person

23 - 26 June 2008 £475 doctors, £350 others

PLACES STILL AVAILABLE!

Held every summer at the foot of Mont Blanc in the French Alps

NO PRIOR CAMPING, CLIMBING OR EXPEDITION EXPERIENCE REQUIRED!

EVENT OVERVIEW (for full conference details click here)

WMT Chamonix conferences are superior to any other training package offered in the UK for experienced and aspiring expedition medics. Our world-class faculty, programme content, support materials, Chamonix venue and mountain activities are unrivalled.

Lecture themes

• Important health issues for all environments
• Mountainous & cold terrain; conditions & injuries
• Life in the hot zone: the challenges of desert & jungle environments
• Living, working and thriving outdoors

Intensive outdoor practical training includes

• Stove use & expedition catering
• Camping fundamentals: bivouac site selection, snow camping/snow caves
• Travelling light: kit selection, packing & waterproofing
• Use of radios in an emergency
• Safe snow travel & ice axe use
• Navigation essentials: reading the terrain, use of map & compass
• Ropes/anchors & rescue techniques
• Moving & straightening the injured, improvised splints, stretchers & collars
• Helicopter safety
• Use of the high altitude Gamow bag
• The wonders & limits of GPS
• Safe river crossings
• Vehicle scene safety and victim extrication
• Jungle camp craft, health & hygiene
• Water purification

No prior expedition or outdoor experience required.

Chamonix – the Roof of Europe

Fabulous, authentic mountain town – countless summer activities – easily accessible from Geneva airport - stunning adventure haven – thriving social scene

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Conference features

• Robust educational event & a bound set of comprehensive notes
• 1.5 days of lectures
• 2.5 days of intensive outdoor training including an overnight high mountain bivouac
• 1 evening special lecture
• End of conference party
• A great selection of mountain training activities

The fee includes

• Lecture programme, all outdoor instruction & comprehensive notes
• WMT branded satchel (or equivalent)
• Refreshments & snacks during lectures
• Evening welcome drink & savoury snacks
• Group cooking equipment
• Comprehensive advice of kit selection

The fee DOES NOT include travel, accommodation, any meals, lift passes etc or anything else not expressly mentioned above.

Click here for the full outline programme, FAQs, faculty, optional activities & travel notes.

"Guys, you have been an inspiration and a real pleasure to learn from. Thank you!"
Dr Samy Sadek

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Winter Chamonix Events for Medical Professionals 2008

Expedition Medicine Conference - 8th winter Chamonix event

Comprehensive syllabus – engaging lectures – great social & ski opportunities

25-29 January 2009 - £475 doctors, £350 others (held at '08 prices)

Held every winter at the foot of Mont Blanc in the French Alps

Starts 2pm Sunday & lectures conclude 12.30 Thursday. There is time free to ski EVERY DAY!

WMT Chamonix conferences are superior to any other training package offered in the UK for aspiring and experienced expedition medics. Our world-class faculty, programme content, support materials, Chamonix venue and mountain activities are unrivalled.

The programme and details continually evolves and are posted on these pages. Our line up of guest speakers and lecturers in 2007 was particularly outstanding with 10 contributors.

EVENT OVERVIEW (for full details and travel notes click here)

Conference themes

• Managing injuries in the field
• Medicine in the outdoor environment
• Planning & pre-expedition considerations
• Mountain medicine
• Hot, deep & dangerous environments

No prior expedition or skiing experience required

Chamonix – the Roof of Europe

Fabulous, authentic mountain town - skiing for all levels – easily accessible from Geneva airport - stunning adventure haven – thriving social scene

Conference features

• Robust educational event & comprehensive manual
• Lectures start on Sunday afternoon & continue each morning until Thursday, including a half day of outdoor training
• Key note address by Prof. David Warrell (1st Ed. Oxford Medical Textbook)
• 4 afternoons free for recreation
• 3 special après ski guest lectures
• End of conference party
• A great selection of mountain & ski training activities

The fee includes

• Diverse lecture programme over five days & a bound set of comprehensive notes
• 3 special evening lectures
• WMT branded satchel (or equivalent)
• Refreshments & snacks during main indoor lecture programme
• Welcome vin chaud & savoury snacks for keynote address
• 20% ski hire discount

The fee DOES NOT include travel, accommodation, any meals, ski passes etc or anything else not expressly mentioned above.

Click here for the full outline programme, FAQs, faculty, optional activities & travel notes.

"The conference had a wonderful energy to it, people with impressive experience, inspirational stories and lots of amusing anecdotes.  Congrats on putting it all together so well."
Dr Renee Ford

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A Taste of Expedition Medicine & Jungle Living

NEW in the UK in 2008!

A Taste of Expedition Medicine & Jungle Living

Held annually, SPRING '09 DATES TBC, normally in Oxfordshire

No prior camping or expedition experience required!

EVENT OVERVIEW

We've been promising a short UK based taster event for doctors for ages. Here it is! This 2-day course is packed with really important medical topics and essential outdoor practical training, including setting up and living in an overnight camp and cooking on open fires. This will be 2 days of intensive learning and group camping aimed at equipping medics with the fundamental skills and knowlege required for comfortable jungle living. This special course is delivered by WMT's Medical Director Dr Jon Dallimore and jungle expert and expedition leader Dom Hall of www.fieldskills.com.

Intensive outdoor practical training includes:

• Fire lighting
• Expedition catering
• Camping fundamentals: site selection, hygiene, field toilets
• Kit selection, packing & waterproofing
• The safe use of machetes
• Setting up tarps & hammocks (bashas)
• Jungle lost procedures & search & rescue
• Water collection & purification
• Improvised stretchers

Lectures include:

• Flora & fauna hazards in the jungle
• Managing wounds in the tropics
• Fever in travellers - treating malaria
• The dangers of heat illness
• Snake bite management
• Dealing with diarhoea
• Devising a jungle medical kit

The detailed programme and timetable will be issued nearer the time and is subject to confirmation.

The fee (inclusive of VAT @ 17.5%) also includes:

• Lecture programme, all outdoor instruction & notes
• Use of hammocks, machetes etc.
• Refreshments, snacks & meals (lunch to lunch inclusive)
• Group cooking equipment

All you need to bring for the weekend is a sleeping bag, some "gardening" clothes, a rain coat, torch and a sensible pair of shoes! Sorry - no showers or "proper" toilets at the campsite. This is the real thing!

The fee DOES NOT include travel, personal equipment or anything else not expressly mentioned above.

Spaces are strictly limited and we are now taking bookings.

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