AWEP Certification ®  -  4 day workshop (15.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits)

AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™

4:30 - 7:30 PM Registration7:00 PM Wilderness Medicine: Setting the Stage - Kyle Allred, PA7:10 PM Assembling Your Medical Kit: For Adventures From The Tropics to the Tundra - Howard Donner, MD8:00 PM Redefining Medical Relief: Disasters, War, and Humanitarian Aid (Guests Welcome) -  Michael J. VanRooyen, MD9:00 PM  Adjourn

Wedneday, May 29

6:30 - 7:30 AM Registration/Breakfast/Exhibits7:30 AM Wilderness and Urban Survival: Preparing for the Unexpected Night Out - Gary Kibbee8:20 AM Foot Blisters: Optimizing Prevention & Treatment - Kyle Allred, PA9:10 AM Snake Envenomations: Treatment & Updates - Timothy B. Erickson, MD10:00 AM Break10:20 AM Highlights of Hypothermia & Cold Water Immersion - Eric A. Weiss, MD11:10 AM Medical-Legal Issues in Wilderness, Disaster, & International Medicine - Valerie Dobiesz, MD, MPH12:00 PM Adjourn: FREE TIME - ENJOY SANTA FE or ATTEND AN OPTIONAL WORKSHOP7:00 - 8:00 PM Dessert Meet and Greet8:00 PM Thinking Globally and Acting Locally: Humanitarian Medicine Panel and Q & A (Guests Welcome)          Timothy B. Erickson, Valerie Dobiesz, Michael J. VanRooyen9:00 PM Adjourn

Thursday, May 30

6:30 - 7:30 AM Breakfast/Exhibits7:30 AM Staying Healthy During International Travel: Lessons From James Bond - Michael J. VanRooyen, MD, MPH8:20 AM Arthropod Attacks: Spiders, Scorpions, Ants, & Bees -  Timothy B. Erickson, MD9:10 AM Giardia, Traveler’s Diarrhea, & Other Waterborne Infections - Eric A. Weiss, MD10:00 AM Break10:20 AM Hot Danger: Managing Heat Exhaustion, Stroke, and Other Illnesses - Eric A. Weiss, MD11:10 AM Wilderness Dermatology: From Sunburns and Rashes to Cancer - Jeri Mendelson, MD 12:00 PM Adjourn: FREE TIME - ENJOY SANTA FE or ATTEND AN OPTIONAL WORKSHOP

Friday, May 31

6:30 - 7:30 AM Breakfast/Exhibits7:30 AM Trauma Care in Austere and Remote Settings: Doing More with Less -  Karen Van Hoesen, MD8:20 AM Rivers and Floods: Hazards, Navigation, Rescue, and Medicine - Kyle Allred, PA9:10 AM High Altitude Illness: From Recognition to Treatment Updates - Howard Donner, MD10:00 AM Break10:15 AM Orthopedics in the Wilderness: Managing Fractures & Dislocations - Todd Clevenger, MD11:05 AM The Latest on Tick and Mosquito Transmitted Diseases - Jeri Mendelson, MD12:00 PM Adjourn: FREE TIME - ENJOY SANTA FE or ATTEND AN OPTIONAL WORKSHOP7:00 PM On The Edge: Understanding Mountain Search and Rescue Operations -  Lanny Johnson, FNP/PA8:00 PM Strength Through Compassion: Insights from the Top of Mt.Everest to The North and South Poles           Eric Larsen - Polar Explorer and Activist with Multiple World-Records 9:00 PM Adjourn

June 1

6:30 - 7:30 AM Breakfast/Exhibits7:30 AM Storm Safety: Lightning Prevention and Management - Sheryl Olson, RN, BSN8:15 AM Embracing Nature

June 2

WAM: The National Conference on Wilderness Medicine is organized by Well-Assembled Meetings &amp; Associations and will be held from May 29 - Jun 02, 2024, in New Mexico, USA.