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WildMed 2023 Itinerary

​September 15-17, 2023

Friday, September 15, 2023
1300-1700                     Pre-Conference Workshops (Choose one - 4 Hrs each):

                                      ** Search and Rescue – Primer on the basics of Search and Rescue, scenario based skills session; Mass Casualty, 

                                          MARCH, Improvised Litters – Collin, Baumeister, Borzok, Bowman, & Trierweiler

                                      **  Wilderness Survival & Primitive Skills – Marko Yurachek, Adventure Guide & Survival Skills Expert

1700-1800                     Dinner BYO Campfire

1800-1830                     Main Course: Kickoff Lecture – Baumeister & Bowman
1830-1930                     Cold Weather Injuries: Prevention, Assessment, Diagnosis, and Treatment – Baumeister
1930-2030                     Reptile Envenomations – Bowman
2030                              Campfire, Social
2300                              Lights Out!! No exceptions: Bedtime​

Saturday, September 16, 2023
0730-0845                     Breakfast
0830-0900                     Intro to the WildMed Weekend – Baumeister & Bowman 

0900-1200                     Lectures: pick three (45 min lecture + Q&A):
                                      0900

                                      1: Summer in Antarctica – Trierweiler
                                      2: High Altitude Sickness – Lazar
                                      3: When the rescuer becomes the patient – High Alpine Rescue – Marko
                                      1000

                                            1. Trauma in the Austere Environment – Baumeister

                                       2. Whitewater Trauma – Kessler

                                       3. Poisonous Plants & Wilderness Toxicology – Khoury

                                      1100

                                       1. Trauma IFAK Demo & Pro Tips Workshop (45 min) – Baumeister

                                       2. Accidental Hypothermia – Schrading
                                       3. Field Water Disinfection – Bowman

1200-1330                     Lunch

1245-1315                     1. Portable Ultrasound eFAST – Collin, Kreider, Luong, Wilcox
                                      Chess Board: Wilderness Cricothyrotomy Workshop and Demo – Baumeister, Bowman

1330-1630                     Workshops: Pick two (1 ½ hours each):
                                      1330-1500

                                      A. Ultrasound Workshop – Collin, Kreider, Luong, Wilcox
                                      B: Land Navigation – Schrading
                                      C. Bushcraft Skills: Using your surroundings to meet your daily needs – Marko

                                      1515-1645
                                      A. Tox Escape Room – Luong, Khoury
                                      B: When Things Go Wrong in the Wild: Crisis Management and Critical Thinking

                                          Medical & Survival Kits – Wexler (Grey Man), Baumeister (Military)

                                      Wall: All Purpose Ropes & Knots – Bowman, Li, & Trierweiler

1700-1830                    Dinner – Pig Roast

1830-1930                    PM Lectures, Workshops, & Fireside Chats: pick one (1 hour each):
                                     A: 1830 Lightning – Barrett
                                     B: 1830 Primitive Fire Starting – Marko, Lazar

1930-2000                    Ice Cream Social

2000                             Fireside Lectures/Chats
                                     A: Fever in the Returned Traveler / Toxicology Section – Freeman

                                     B: Climate Change and Health – McCracken
                                     C: Medical Student Guide to Navigating the Emergency Medicine Match – Billet, Clontz, Lazar
                                     D: Military Medicine – Stories & Lessons Learned – Baumeister, Kessler, Root, Scott

2100                             PM Demos & Campfire Social
                                     A: Workshop Stargazing Demo, bring your binoculars, NVDs (weather permitting) – McCracken
                                     B: Fishhook / Foreign Body Removal – Bowman

2300                             Lights Out!! No exceptions: Bedtime

Sunday, September 17, 2023

0730-0845                    Breakfast
0900-1200                    Lectures: pick 3 (1 hour each):
                                     0900

                                     1: Avalanche Medicine – Sward

                                     2: Ski and Snowboard Injuries – Clontz

                                     3: Toxic Mushrooms – Frey
                                     1000

                                     1: Ocular Emergencies in the Wilderness – Trierweiler

                                     2: Wilderness Emergency Management: "Tips and Tricks" from a Wilderness Paramedic – Shipley
                                     3: Trapping – Kreider, Marko

                                     1100
                                     1: Introduction to Disaster Medicine – Wexler
                                     2: Insect Envenomation & Anaphylaxis – Freeman
                                     3: Trapping Continued – Kreider, Marko

1200-1330                    Lunch
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 1245-1315                   Demos

                                     Chess Board: Gamow Bag Demo (portable Hyperbaric Chamber) – Baumeister, Li
                                     Picnic Tables: How to get Extra Doses of EPI out of an EPI Pen – Moayedi, Bowman

1330-1500                   Workshops: Pick 1 (1 ½ hours each):
                                     1: Bushcraft 101: Using your surroundings to meet your daily needs – Marko
                                     2: Improvisational Wound Management – Shipley
                                     3: Improvised Shelter Building – Frey

1500-1700                    Breakdown (many hands make light work)
1730                             Conference Attendee Farewell & Sendoff
1800                             Campfire, Drain the Refreshments, Leftover Chow
1900                             Course Feedback Review

This course has been approved for Fellowship in the Academy of Wilderness Medicine (FAWM) credits through the Wilderness Medical Society. Actual credits awarded depend on personal credit needs and history.