Wilderness Medicine CME:

Zermatt, Switzerland

September, 2016

Earning CME credits has never been so beautiful. Join us on the Haute Route, from Chamoix, France to Zermatt, Switzerland to enjoy the beauty of the mountains, glaciers, wild flowers, and local culture.

Over the course of 13 days you will enjoy the French and Swiss Alps, increase your overall health, and expand your brain power.

Course Content

Altitude illness
Hypothermia/frostbite
Avalanche/snow emergencies
Wilderness trauma (with a winter/climbing slant – climbing falls, falls though ice, skiing accidents)
Snow shelters and winter survival skills
Water detoxification and traveler’s diarrhea
Designing a wilderness medical kit
Evacuations – who, when, & how
Treating locals while abroad and international ethics

Course Instructors

Hillary R. Irons, MD, PhD

Fellow in wilderness medicine in the Massachusetts General Hospital Department of Emergency Medicine. She is also an instructor of surgery at Harvard School of Medicine.

Clinical Interests

Wilderness medicine
Altitude illness
Traumatic brain injury

Lara L. Phillips, M.D.

Fellow in wilderness medicine in the Massachusetts General Hospital Department of Emergency Medicine.

Clinical Interests

Wilderness medicine
Altitude illness
Cognitive changes at high altitudes

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