2024 WMS Winter Conference Virtual

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2024 WMS Winter Conference Virtual

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In order to receive CME/FAWM credits after the conference has concluded, you must select each individual program item that you intend to participate in and ensure that it is added to your itinerary. 

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  • After March 1, 2024 no refunds will be given.
When
3/11/2024 - 3/13/2024
Where
Online
Spots available
251
Registration
Registration is closed.

Program

Monday, 11 March 2024

Description
Welcome
Time
7:45 AM - 8:00 AM
7:45 AM
Wildland Fire, a Boots on the Ground Perspective
Develop a perspective of illnesses and injuries experienced by wildland firefighters, as well as the role of this unique profession in land management.
Time
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
8:00 AM
It's Getting Hot In Here: Solar Exposures in Wilderness Derm
Explore solar exposures in wilderness Dermatology via case based discussions.
Time
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
9:00 AM
Break
Time
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
10:00 AM
Psychological First Aid for Responders
Short and long term interventions for responders to traumatic events, including party members.
Time
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
10:30 AM
Global Health in a Changing Climate
Climate change is a major public health concern, with many populations at risk of adverse effects, worldwide due to the effects of extreme heat, drought, and abnormal precipitation. In this presentation, we will describe the major health impacts of climate change and how clinicians can become more active in leading efforts at climate adaptation and mitigation in emergency and austere settings.
Time
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
11:30 AM
Break with Exhibitors
Time
4:00 PM - 4:45 PM
4:00 PM
GME Mini Lecture 1: Who's HALTY?
Time
5:05 PM - 5:25 PM
5:05 PM
GME Mini Lecture 2: Treating Addiction with WM
Time
5:25 PM - 5:45 PM
5:25 PM
GME Mini Lecture 3: Nutrition in the Wilderness
Time
5:45 PM - 6:05 PM
5:45 PM
GME Mini Lecture 4: Canine Care in the Wild
Time
6:05 PM - 6:25 PM
6:05 PM
GME Mini Lecture 5: Surfer's Myelopathy
Time
6:25 PM - 6:45 PM
6:25 PM
GME Mini Lecture 6: DCS and Ultrasound Use
Time
6:45 PM - 7:05 PM
6:45 PM

Tuesday, 12 March 2024

Description
Risk, Decision Making & Rescue: A Case Study
Develop a set of tools to mitigate risk and make effective decisions in both personal and professional environments.
Time
8:00 AM - 8:45 AM
8:00 AM
Tiny Bubbles: Naval Diving
Develop an appreciation for the complexity of the practical and operational considerations of diving, the injuries sustained by military divers and the benefit to the medicine of clinicians' active participation in diving operations
Time
8:45 AM - 9:30 AM
8:45 AM
Break
Time
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM
9:30 AM
"My Bum Hurts": Wilderness Management of Perianal Problems
Perianal disease in resource-poor and wilderness environments: evaluation, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention.
Time
10:00 AM - 10:45 AM
10:00 AM
Legal Issues in Wilderness Medicine
Describes the standard of care for medical advisors, mechanisms to reduce legal liability, limits on what questions can be asked in medical screening under the ADA, and legal issues related to carrying and administering prescription medications by non-licensed providers.
Time
10:45 AM - 11:30 AM
10:45 AM
Medical Complications in a Very Austere Environment
The Turkish Cave Rescue Overview of the 9/2023 rescue in Turkiye. Descriptions of the medical response to a serious complication underground as well as the rescue to bring the patient to the surface for definitive medical care.
Time
11:30 AM - 12:15 PM
11:30 AM
Trivia
Time
12:15 PM - 12:45 PM
12:15 PM

Wednesday, 13 March 2024

Description
This is Your Brain on Nature
Learn how natural environments affect cognitive health and drive functional brain changes, and why this is important in the context of a changing climate and urbanization.
Time
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
8:00 AM
Carnivores, Coevolution and Conservation
Carnivores, Coevolution and Conservation: Why indigenous knowledge matters in human/animal reciprocity.  The educational goal of this presentation is to broaden participants understanding of the reciprocal relationships between human and animal communities and how indigenous knowledge can guide efforts to improve the health of all species on the planet.
Time
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
9:00 AM
Break
Time
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
10:00 AM
Hypothermia
Hypothermia: Lessons from the Patient Who Didn't Read the Textbook Understand the limitations of the physical and clinical tools available for the assessment and management of real-world hypothermia patients.
Time
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
10:30 AM
Closing Remarks
Time
11:30 AM - 11:45 AM
11:30 AM