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Cyril Shokoples
Keynote Presentation: The Role of Preparation & Self-Sufficiency in Wilderness Accidents
Cyril is a professional Mountain Guide, EMS Instructor and Open Water Scuba Instructor with over forty-five years of experience in mountaineering and climbing and four decades of experience as a professional guide. He operates a sole proprietorship which has provided mountain guiding services with a specialization in high angle rope rescue, mountain leadership training, mountaineering, avalanche safety skills and wilderness emergency care.
Cyril is an honorary (life) member of the Alpine Club of Canada and a past president of the Association of Canadian Mountain Guides.
He and his team have trained Canadian Forces Search and Rescue Technicians continuously since 1989. This carries through to the current day Team Member and Team Leader mountain phases of SARTech trade qualification training.
He has a background as an EMS educator and was the coordinator of Prehospital Care Programs at Portage College for a number of years. Cyril was a major part of the team that created their EMT program (which has now morphed into their current Paramedic program). He also created their Parks Emergency Responder program which he taught to national park wardens across western and northern Canada for a decade. He currently teaches wilderness emergency care to outdoor professionals.
Cyril’s exploits include hundreds of first ascents of rock, ice and alpine climbs. During his career he has been involved in a number of searches and rescues ranging from urban to wilderness locations. On several occasions these rescues involved companion or improvised rescue techniques since outside rescue was not an option. Some of these rescues will be the focus of this presentation.
One-Day Crevasse Rescue for The Alpinist
Nov 10th, 2022: 0800 - 1600MST
Provided By Yamnuska Mountain Adventures
This one-day course is designed specifically to teach mountaineers how to perform crevasse rescue in a mountaineering travel context. We will look at the tools that are available on the market today to make you an efficient rescue partner when travelling in the alpine. We will emphasize learning and practicing rescue techniques where you will understand what to do if one of your party does fall into a crevasse, how to secure the rest of the group, set up a belay using your ice axe and ice screws, and the different systems for pulling someone out. This will include load transfers, use of gear, attaching equipment to the rope, setting up a rope to walk on a glacier, and raises using a mechanical advantage.
Register
Agenda
This is a classroom and field-based program. We will not be on glaciated terrain for this course.
Meet at the Yamnuska Mountain Adventures office in Canmore just a few blocks from the Coast Hotel, at 8:00 am. Coffee and tea will be available. There will be a short introduction and a discussion of the goals and objectives of the day. You’ll then head to a local venue to cover the practical elements of this program. Please note this program is not delivered on glaciated terrain.
Goals and Objectives:
- Glacier travel & risk management in ascent/descent
- Ropework for glacier travel
- Building and looking at anchors that are applicable to snow and ice
- Crevasse self-rescue using shorter ropes
- Different haul systems (2:1, 3:1, 5:1, and 6:1)
Equipment List
You will need to bring:
- Daypack (35 litres or greater so as to fit spare clothes, water and gear.)
- Sunglasses
- Water Bottle or Thermos
- Lunch for the day
- Notebook and pencil/ pen
- Camera (optional but great for taking pictures of the system)
We can supply the following gear but if you have your own please bring it along.
- Rope: 30 meters in length minimum. We will be teaching systems that use 8mm to 6mm ropes but larger diameter ropes are fine.
- Harness: Sit Harness
- Locking carabiners (Minimum of 3)
- Non-locking Carabiners (minimum of 2)
- Sewn slings 120 cm or larger tape sling
- Prussik cord (Cordelette) (5mm to 7mm X five meters in length) X 2
- Prussik loop (or Hollow block loop) 1.5 meters in length X 1
- Petzl Micro traxion® or Petzl Mini traxion®
- Climbing rescue pulley
- Petzl Tibloc®
For more information on what to bring and expectations please visit this link.
Register
AST 1: 2 Evening virtual classroom and 1 Field day
Nov 7, 1800-2100 MST (Webinar 1) + Nov 9, 1800-2100 MST (Webinar 2) + Nov 10 (Field Day)
Provided By Yamnuska Mountain Adventures
Join Yamunska Mountain Adventures for a webinar-based learning approach to the AST 1 classroom portion of the course. Over two webinar sessions, we will cover all the material that was traditionally covered during the classroom day. The webinar will have an interactive approach with break-out rooms and group sessions to bring you the most up-to-date curriculum that is being developed through Avalanche Canada.
If you would like to enhance your course experience, join us for an additional day of backcountry skiing following our Level 1 avalanche course.
Register
Webinar Session 1 - Nov 7
3-Hour Zoom Webinar Session from 6 pm-9 pm MST will include two 15 minute breaks
- Goals and objectives for the Course, backcountry risks, agenda review, waivers
- Avalanche phenomena and the implications for us
- Avalanche formation and avalanche safety
- Characteristics of avalanches, triggers and
- Avalanche Terrain Recognition
- Introduction to the Avalanche Terrain Exposure Scale (ATES)
- Mountain snowpack and snow metamorphism
Webinar Session 2 - Nov 9
3-Hour Zoom Webinar Session from 6 pm-9 pm(MST) will include two 15 minute breaks
- Assessing and reducing avalanche risk
- Accessing and utilizing the Avalanche Danger Scale and Public Avalanche Bulletins
- Using the Avaluator™
- Human factors and decision making
- Safe travel and trip planning components
- Companion Rescue
- Avalanche transceivers
- Discuss logistics for the Field Day
Field Day - Nov 10
We typically meet at Bow Summit, on Highway 93, 40 km north of Lake Louise (on rare occasions we may head to selected areas of Kananaskis Country or Banff National Park). Your instructor will provide meeting details on the classroom day.
9:00 am(MST)
- Meet, issue avalanche training gear and introduce additional field day instructors
- Weather and public avalanche bulletin discussion
- Avaluator™
- Field observations (Wind, Precipitation, Temperature)
- Transceivers and companion rescue practice
- Managing and reducing risk in avalanche terrain
- Route selection, track setting, and terrain recognition
- Snow study profile, stability tests, and identifying layers of concern
- Group rescue scenario – response and priorities
4:00 pm(MST)
- Debrief
- Next level avalanche training
- AST 1 certificate presentation
- End of course!
More information: Yamnuska Course
Register
Coldwater Bootcamp
Date+Time TBDProvided By:
Gordon Giesbrecht, PhD, FAsMA, FAWM, FWEM
Joshua Bezanson MD, MS, BJourn, ACP, FP-C
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Accidental hypothermia is a real threat during cold-weather or cold-water exposures in recreational, military, law enforcement or even search and rescue operations. “Cold Water Boot Camp” is an educational program (which can be presented in varying lengths of time) as developed to provide up-to-date information on cold-related human physiology, human factors, injury prevention, rescue and diagnosis and treatment in wilderness settings to medical and rescue responders.
Several cold-related myths will be debunked. For instance, of over 600 ‘professional rescue personnel’ surveyed, almost three quarters felt that a properly clothed adult can become hypothermic in ice water within 5-10 minutes rather than the correct value of at least 30 minutes (only 4% knew this). This is important because the poor understanding that hypothermia can occur quickly can lead to panic and fatal actions from both the victim and the responder.
The four phases of cold-water immersion will be reviewed. It is important for responders to have a firm understanding of the cold shock response, cold incapacitation, hypothermia, and rescue collapse.
Subsequent topics are relevant to both victims and responders. A major principle is that a victim has more survival time than one might think. Thus, victims can be trained to have less reason to panic, and responders can understand that they have more time to look at alternative extrication methods since it will take longer than expected for medical risk to occur. For victims of various cold-water incidents: the 1-10-1 Principle and the kick-and-pull self-rescue method from ice will be presented.
Several strategies will be presented for safe and effective rescue, extrication, and medical care in the wilderness. For responders: the “gentle-and-horizontal rescuer’s motto” and the principle that “the colder the patient is, the slower one can (should) go” will be presented. A “Cold Card” will be provided for each attendee. This waterproof card will be reviewed and provided for responders to assess the level of hypothermia of their patient, and then care for their patient. Contents include a diagnostic tool that considers the patient’s level of consciousness, physical movement, shivering intensity and alertness to determine if the patient is mildly, moderately, or severely hypothermic. Treatment procedures are described for each level. The back side of the card provides detailed instructions for the equipment required, and the procedure, for placing a cold patient in a hypothermia wrap (or Burrito) for protection from the cold environment, potentially for active rewarming, and for transport to medical facilities.
The session ends with practical demonstrations, preferably in an outdoor space. Demonstrations would include creating a hypothermia wrap with different levels of equipment. If the conference facility is near the river in Canmore, consideration could be given to demonstrating the cold shock response of a healthy young volunteer.
Learning Objectives
At the end of this session, participants will be able to:
- Identify factors affecting the rate of core cooling in cold water
- identify physiologic concerns related to safe extrication of a cold victim form cold water
- identify the main signs and symptoms that can aid in determining the severity of hypothermia
- identify the factors that could lead to rescue collapse of a cold patient in cold water
- identify the safe procedures for care of a cold patient
Register
Two Rope Rescue Systems for High-Angle Mountain Rescue
Nov 14, 0900 - 1600 MSTProvided By:
Cyril Shokoples
Rescue Dynamics
Register
This outdoor workshop is designed to provide a brief overview of several of the more common variations of 2 rope rescue systems used in mountain rescue. Through demonstrations and hands-on practice, the participant will be exposed to purpose-built systems using the MPDTM and ClutchTM as well as lighter-weight component based systems using the Scarab® or ATC®.
The presenter(s) will demonstrate a structured approach to command and control, selecting an edge transition location, constructing edge restraints and subsequent main anchor construction and evaluation using the DARN Solid mnemonic.
Discussions will take place on various topic including:
- the shift away from a 10:1 static system safety factor towards the more recent “force limiting” approach for determining system strength requirements
- DARN Solid – a newer anchor evaluation mnemonic for use in rescue systems
- Assessing the mission profile and managing the edge transition to determine if DCTTRS or SMSB is a more appropriate approach
Participants will be given an opportunity to participate in a lowering and raising operation in one of several positions, such as:
- Device operator
- Tailer
- Attendant
- Mock patient
- Edge person
- Spotter
Objectives
Upon completion of this one day workshop the participant will be able to:
- Describe the major differences between single main / single belay (SMSB) systems and dual-capability two tension rope systems (DCTTRS) as used in mountain rescue
- Discuss the controversy regarding managing the edge transition using SMSB versus DCTTRS
- Discuss mitigating strategies when managing the edge transition
- Discuss the main differences between purpose-built and component-based two rope rescue systems when using the following devices:
- CMC ClutchTM
- MPD TM (Multi-Purpose Device)
- Scarab® Rescue Tool as part of a component based system
- V-groove assisted-braking style devices (i.e. Delta V®, ATC® or Reverso®) only if time permits
- Describe the concept of “force-limiting” as used in various rope rescue systems
- Discuss the DARN Solid mnemonic for anchor assessment in rescue systems
- Assist as a team member (under supervision) during a mock two rope rescue system using one or more of the following:
- CMC ClutchTM
- MPD TM (Multi-Purpose Device)
- Scarab® Rescue Tool as part of a component based system
- V-groove assisted-braking style devices (i.e. Delta V®, ATC® or Reverso®) only if time permits
- Assist as a team member (under supervision) during a mock two rope rescue system during both a lowering and raising operation
Prerequisites
Participants will be required to sign a waiver of liability. Each participant must provide their own modern well-fitting CE approved climbing seat harness and CE approved climbing helmet. Both must be in good condition. Industrial full-body harnesses will not be appropriate for this session, as the focus is on mountain rescue rather than industrial applications.
Previous exposure and experience in rope handling and tying knots as used in climbing is desirable. Indoor climbing gym experience is acceptable. Those not familiar with climbing techniques may attend to observe but may be limited with regard to which roles they can actively participate in.
Register
Advanced Topics in Wilderness Medicine: Cancer Patients & Survivors
Nov 14, 0900 MSTProvided By:
Dr. Steven Roy
Internist/Wildernist
Co-Program Director, Resident Physician Elective in Wilderness Medicine
Program Director, Diploma in Wilderness & Expedition Medicine
Dr. Adam Fleming
Pediatric Hematologist/Oncologist
Program Director, Sub-specialty Training, McMaster University
Register
Cancer patients and survivors increasingly recreate in the backcountry. Unfortunately, literature on such travel is lacking and few resources are available for clinicians advising oncology patients about wilderness and high-altitude travel. As modern chemotherapies are allowing patients with cancer to live longer, more cancer patients and survivors are active in the wilderness. Therefore, clinicians must increasingly be familiar with the additional factors and considerations necessary to properly advise these patients about safe travel to altitude. In this workshop, we will review the important physiological interactions between malignancy, cancer treatments, and wilderness & mountain recreation.
Topics
- Hypo/hyperthermia
- High-Altitude Travel
- Exercise Intensity
- Infection
- Trauma Considerations
- Complications of Cancer
CME Credits
CME Credits TBD
Register
Cyril Shokoples
Keynote Presentation: The Role of Preparation & Self-Sufficiency in Wilderness Accidents
Cyril is a professional Mountain Guide, EMS Instructor and Open Water Scuba Instructor with over forty-five years of experience in mountaineering and climbing and four decades of experience as a professional guide. He operates a sole proprietorship which has provided mountain guiding services with a specialization in high angle rope rescue, mountain leadership training, mountaineering, avalanche safety skills and wilderness emergency care.
Cyril is an honorary (life) member of the Alpine Club of Canada and a past president of the Association of Canadian Mountain Guides.
He and his team have trained Canadian Forces Search and Rescue Technicians continuously since 1989. This carries through to the current day Team Member and Team Leader mountain phases of SARTech trade qualification training.
He has a background as an EMS educator and was the coordinator of Prehospital Care Programs at Portage College for a number of years. Cyril was a major part of the team that created their EMT program (which has now morphed into their current Paramedic program). He also created their Parks Emergency Responder program which he taught to national park wardens across western and northern Canada for a decade. He currently teaches wilderness emergency care to outdoor professionals.
Cyril’s exploits include hundreds of first ascents of rock, ice and alpine climbs. During his career he has been involved in a number of searches and rescues ranging from urban to wilderness locations. On several occasions these rescues involved companion or improvised rescue techniques since outside rescue was not an option. Some of these rescues will be the focus of this presentation.
One-Day Crevasse Rescue for The Alpinist
Nov 10th, 2022: 0800 - 1600MST
Provided By Yamnuska Mountain Adventures
This one-day course is designed specifically to teach mountaineers how to perform crevasse rescue in a mountaineering travel context. We will look at the tools that are available on the market today to make you an efficient rescue partner when travelling in the alpine. We will emphasize learning and practicing rescue techniques where you will understand what to do if one of your party does fall into a crevasse, how to secure the rest of the group, set up a belay using your ice axe and ice screws, and the different systems for pulling someone out. This will include load transfers, use of gear, attaching equipment to the rope, setting up a rope to walk on a glacier, and raises using a mechanical advantage.
Register
Agenda
This is a classroom and field-based program. We will not be on glaciated terrain for this course.
Meet at the Yamnuska Mountain Adventures office in Canmore just a few blocks from the Coast Hotel, at 8:00 am. Coffee and tea will be available. There will be a short introduction and a discussion of the goals and objectives of the day. You’ll then head to a local venue to cover the practical elements of this program. Please note this program is not delivered on glaciated terrain.
Goals and Objectives:
- Glacier travel & risk management in ascent/descent
- Ropework for glacier travel
- Building and looking at anchors that are applicable to snow and ice
- Crevasse self-rescue using shorter ropes
- Different haul systems (2:1, 3:1, 5:1, and 6:1)
Equipment List
You will need to bring:
- Daypack (35 litres or greater so as to fit spare clothes, water and gear.)
- Sunglasses
- Water Bottle or Thermos
- Lunch for the day
- Notebook and pencil/ pen
- Camera (optional but great for taking pictures of the system)
We can supply the following gear but if you have your own please bring it along.
- Rope: 30 meters in length minimum. We will be teaching systems that use 8mm to 6mm ropes but larger diameter ropes are fine.
- Harness: Sit Harness
- Locking carabiners (Minimum of 3)
- Non-locking Carabiners (minimum of 2)
- Sewn slings 120 cm or larger tape sling
- Prussik cord (Cordelette) (5mm to 7mm X five meters in length) X 2
- Prussik loop (or Hollow block loop) 1.5 meters in length X 1
- Petzl Micro traxion® or Petzl Mini traxion®
- Climbing rescue pulley
- Petzl Tibloc®
For more information on what to bring and expectations please visit this link.
Register
AST 1: 2 Evening virtual classroom and 1 Field day
Nov 7, 1800-2100 MST (Webinar 1) + Nov 9, 1800-2100 MST (Webinar 2) + Nov 10 (Field Day)
Provided By Yamnuska Mountain Adventures
Join Yamunska Mountain Adventures for a webinar-based learning approach to the AST 1 classroom portion of the course. Over two webinar sessions, we will cover all the material that was traditionally covered during the classroom day. The webinar will have an interactive approach with break-out rooms and group sessions to bring you the most up-to-date curriculum that is being developed through Avalanche Canada.
If you would like to enhance your course experience, join us for an additional day of backcountry skiing following our Level 1 avalanche course.
Register
Webinar Session 1 - Nov 7
3-Hour Zoom Webinar Session from 6 pm-9 pm MST will include two 15 minute breaks
- Goals and objectives for the Course, backcountry risks, agenda review, waivers
- Avalanche phenomena and the implications for us
- Avalanche formation and avalanche safety
- Characteristics of avalanches, triggers and
- Avalanche Terrain Recognition
- Introduction to the Avalanche Terrain Exposure Scale (ATES)
- Mountain snowpack and snow metamorphism
Webinar Session 2 - Nov 9
3-Hour Zoom Webinar Session from 6 pm-9 pm(MST) will include two 15 minute breaks
- Assessing and reducing avalanche risk
- Accessing and utilizing the Avalanche Danger Scale and Public Avalanche Bulletins
- Using the Avaluator™
- Human factors and decision making
- Safe travel and trip planning components
- Companion Rescue
- Avalanche transceivers
- Discuss logistics for the Field Day
Field Day - Nov 10
We typically meet at Bow Summit, on Highway 93, 40 km north of Lake Louise (on rare occasions we may head to selected areas of Kananaskis Country or Banff National Park). Your instructor will provide meeting details on the classroom day.
9:00 am(MST)
- Meet, issue avalanche training gear and introduce additional field day instructors
- Weather and public avalanche bulletin discussion
- Avaluator™
- Field observations (Wind, Precipitation, Temperature)
- Transceivers and companion rescue practice
- Managing and reducing risk in avalanche terrain
- Route selection, track setting, and terrain recognition
- Snow study profile, stability tests, and identifying layers of concern
- Group rescue scenario – response and priorities
4:00 pm(MST)
- Debrief
- Next level avalanche training
- AST 1 certificate presentation
- End of course!
More information: Yamnuska Course
Register
Coldwater Bootcamp
Date+Time TBDProvided By:
Gordon Giesbrecht, PhD, FAsMA, FAWM, FWEM
Joshua Bezanson MD, MS, BJourn, ACP, FP-C
Register
Accidental hypothermia is a real threat during cold-weather or cold-water exposures in recreational, military, law enforcement or even search and rescue operations. “Cold Water Boot Camp” is an educational program (which can be presented in varying lengths of time) as developed to provide up-to-date information on cold-related human physiology, human factors, injury prevention, rescue and diagnosis and treatment in wilderness settings to medical and rescue responders.
Several cold-related myths will be debunked. For instance, of over 600 ‘professional rescue personnel’ surveyed, almost three quarters felt that a properly clothed adult can become hypothermic in ice water within 5-10 minutes rather than the correct value of at least 30 minutes (only 4% knew this). This is important because the poor understanding that hypothermia can occur quickly can lead to panic and fatal actions from both the victim and the responder.
The four phases of cold-water immersion will be reviewed. It is important for responders to have a firm understanding of the cold shock response, cold incapacitation, hypothermia, and rescue collapse.
Subsequent topics are relevant to both victims and responders. A major principle is that a victim has more survival time than one might think. Thus, victims can be trained to have less reason to panic, and responders can understand that they have more time to look at alternative extrication methods since it will take longer than expected for medical risk to occur. For victims of various cold-water incidents: the 1-10-1 Principle and the kick-and-pull self-rescue method from ice will be presented.
Several strategies will be presented for safe and effective rescue, extrication, and medical care in the wilderness. For responders: the “gentle-and-horizontal rescuer’s motto” and the principle that “the colder the patient is, the slower one can (should) go” will be presented. A “Cold Card” will be provided for each attendee. This waterproof card will be reviewed and provided for responders to assess the level of hypothermia of their patient, and then care for their patient. Contents include a diagnostic tool that considers the patient’s level of consciousness, physical movement, shivering intensity and alertness to determine if the patient is mildly, moderately, or severely hypothermic. Treatment procedures are described for each level. The back side of the card provides detailed instructions for the equipment required, and the procedure, for placing a cold patient in a hypothermia wrap (or Burrito) for protection from the cold environment, potentially for active rewarming, and for transport to medical facilities.
The session ends with practical demonstrations, preferably in an outdoor space. Demonstrations would include creating a hypothermia wrap with different levels of equipment. If the conference facility is near the river in Canmore, consideration could be given to demonstrating the cold shock response of a healthy young volunteer.
Learning Objectives
At the end of this session, participants will be able to:
- Identify factors affecting the rate of core cooling in cold water
- identify physiologic concerns related to safe extrication of a cold victim form cold water
- identify the main signs and symptoms that can aid in determining the severity of hypothermia
- identify the factors that could lead to rescue collapse of a cold patient in cold water
- identify the safe procedures for care of a cold patient
Register
Two Rope Rescue Systems for High-Angle Mountain Rescue
Nov 14, 0900 - 1600 MSTProvided By:
Cyril Shokoples
Rescue Dynamics
Register
This outdoor workshop is designed to provide a brief overview of several of the more common variations of 2 rope rescue systems used in mountain rescue. Through demonstrations and hands-on practice, the participant will be exposed to purpose-built systems using the MPDTM and ClutchTM as well as lighter-weight component based systems using the Scarab® or ATC®.
The presenter(s) will demonstrate a structured approach to command and control, selecting an edge transition location, constructing edge restraints and subsequent main anchor construction and evaluation using the DARN Solid mnemonic.
Discussions will take place on various topic including:
- the shift away from a 10:1 static system safety factor towards the more recent “force limiting” approach for determining system strength requirements
- DARN Solid – a newer anchor evaluation mnemonic for use in rescue systems
- Assessing the mission profile and managing the edge transition to determine if DCTTRS or SMSB is a more appropriate approach
Participants will be given an opportunity to participate in a lowering and raising operation in one of several positions, such as:
- Device operator
- Tailer
- Attendant
- Mock patient
- Edge person
- Spotter
Objectives
Upon completion of this one day workshop the participant will be able to:
- Describe the major differences between single main / single belay (SMSB) systems and dual-capability two tension rope systems (DCTTRS) as used in mountain rescue
- Discuss the controversy regarding managing the edge transition using SMSB versus DCTTRS
- Discuss mitigating strategies when managing the edge transition
- Discuss the main differences between purpose-built and component-based two rope rescue systems when using the following devices:
- CMC ClutchTM
- MPD TM (Multi-Purpose Device)
- Scarab® Rescue Tool as part of a component based system
- V-groove assisted-braking style devices (i.e. Delta V®, ATC® or Reverso®) only if time permits
- Describe the concept of “force-limiting” as used in various rope rescue systems
- Discuss the DARN Solid mnemonic for anchor assessment in rescue systems
- Assist as a team member (under supervision) during a mock two rope rescue system using one or more of the following:
- CMC ClutchTM
- MPD TM (Multi-Purpose Device)
- Scarab® Rescue Tool as part of a component based system
- V-groove assisted-braking style devices (i.e. Delta V®, ATC® or Reverso®) only if time permits
- Assist as a team member (under supervision) during a mock two rope rescue system during both a lowering and raising operation
Prerequisites
Participants will be required to sign a waiver of liability. Each participant must provide their own modern well-fitting CE approved climbing seat harness and CE approved climbing helmet. Both must be in good condition. Industrial full-body harnesses will not be appropriate for this session, as the focus is on mountain rescue rather than industrial applications.
Previous exposure and experience in rope handling and tying knots as used in climbing is desirable. Indoor climbing gym experience is acceptable. Those not familiar with climbing techniques may attend to observe but may be limited with regard to which roles they can actively participate in.
Register
Advanced Topics in Wilderness Medicine: Cancer Patients & Survivors
Nov 14, 0900 MSTProvided By:
Dr. Steven Roy
Internist/Wildernist
Co-Program Director, Resident Physician Elective in Wilderness Medicine
Program Director, Diploma in Wilderness & Expedition Medicine
Dr. Adam Fleming
Pediatric Hematologist/Oncologist
Program Director, Sub-specialty Training, McMaster University
Register
Cancer patients and survivors increasingly recreate in the backcountry. Unfortunately, literature on such travel is lacking and few resources are available for clinicians advising oncology patients about wilderness and high-altitude travel. As modern chemotherapies are allowing patients with cancer to live longer, more cancer patients and survivors are active in the wilderness. Therefore, clinicians must increasingly be familiar with the additional factors and considerations necessary to properly advise these patients about safe travel to altitude. In this workshop, we will review the important physiological interactions between malignancy, cancer treatments, and wilderness & mountain recreation.
Topics
- Hypo/hyperthermia
- High-Altitude Travel
- Exercise Intensity
- Infection
- Trauma Considerations
- Complications of Cancer
CME Credits
CME Credits TBD
Register
