Banff Wilderness Care Conference

02/26/2023

The landscape of Nepal is a call to adventure and exploration that will push you to the very edge of your comfort zone.

🌿 ☀️

10/05/2022

Travel to Australia, and experience a great conference? Sign me up!!!

‘STOKE THE FIRE’ AWEMS CONFERENCE 2022 14-16th October 2022 UTAS Medical Science Precinct,nipaluna/Hobart, Tasmania Buy Tickets After the great success of our inaugural conference last year, we will be back again this year with another thrilling AWEMS conference. With the goal to push you out of...

09/28/2022

Check out the Canadian Association of Wilderness Medicines virtual and in person conference this November. We are a not for profit multidisciplinary organization promoting wilderness medicine education
They have secured CME in many provinces and with funding from the government of Canada active Search and Rescue (SAR) and ski patrol professionals and volunteers receive discount admission. Costs for virtual as little as $65.

Check it out at
https://cawm.ca/shop/cawm-2022-registration/

Let me know if you have more questions.

CAWM 2022 RegistrationNote: You must register for CAWM 2022 before or while registering for any workshops or social events.▸Conference Registration CAWM 2022 Registration$65.00 – $650.00 Type of Registration Choose an optionPhysicianNon-physician professional (SAR professional/paramedic/nurse/sk...

09/16/2022

We're pleased to announce that registration is officially open for !!!

Register now at: https://cawm.ca/cawm-2022-preview/

08/23/2022

Conference time!!!

We're pleased to announce that registration is officially open for !!!

Register now at: https://cawm.ca/cawm-2022-preview/

07/26/2022

Drowning is still a serious problem in Canada. Remember our emergency number is 911.

Prevention is most important, always have life jackets with you on the water, better yet, always wear them. The water is colder and the shore is farther away than you think.

We have had multiple drownings in the mountain parks this summer and elsewhere. Let’s not have any more.

06/30/2022

Should be a great event

Hello fellow wilderness lovers! Your conference committee has been hard at work and we have an absolutely FANTASTIC line up of speakers coming your way. We're just getting the final details sorted and will have tickets sales opening late July so save the date!! P.s. Keep an eye on our page for a sneak peak at some of our speakers over the next couple of weeks!

06/28/2022

Our friend Steve. We hope the event you helped cover was successful.

Steven Roy is an intensivist-"wildernist" with a specific interest in very remote environments. He joins us at to discuss how extreme environments impact the medical care in extreme environments as well as potential solutions.

Meaning you will be better prepared to pack and use medical equipment for extreme and expeditionary environments.

Join Steven & WIN a Montane Fleece ➡️ https://bit.ly/3DLoBju

06/25/2022

Ya, they are cool

2022 is the International Year of Caves and Karst. Here’s why you should care about the hidden worlds beneath our feet.

06/10/2022

From our friend Dr. Chris Davis

youtube.com/watch?v=sRwtfb2Bags

Wilderness medicine expert's tips for staying safe while hiking or campingSubscribe to WXII on YouTube now for more: http://bit.ly/1mVq5umGet more Winston-Sa...

06/03/2022

K-100 needs some help.

06/01/2022

Give calories and use a hypo wrap. Skip the warm fluids, unless you just want them to feel good.

Pretty much same for WArm IVs I’d argue

wms.org/magazine/1350/thermodynamics-oral-treatment-mild-hypothermia

06/01/2022

ALS.

If needed equipment rental available from Banff EMS

05/06/2022

Call to EMS peeps. Please send in a submission and host a workshop. You are experts in working out of hospitals. Help teach the academics how it’s done.

Just a reminder that the deadline for submissions for is coming up on May 10th!

What are we looking for??

- Oral Presentations
- Student/Resident Presentations
- Workshops

Check out our conference website for all the details!
https://cawm.ca/event/cawm-2022/

05/02/2022

Have we got some news for you! We're incredibly excited to announce our Keynote Speaker for : Cyril Shokoples!!

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.

Just a reminder: The deadline for Speaker Submission is May 10th. Check out the website for more information!
https://cawm.ca/event/cawm-2022/

05/01/2022

Our friends at Canadian Association of Wilderness Medicine are going to put on a live conference this November!

The Conference Committee is looking for submissions for Presentations and Workshops for CAWM2022

Big things are happening!!

We're excitedly reviewing conference speaker submissions and we want to hear from YOU!

The Conference Planning Committee is accepting submissions for three types of presentations:

- Oral Presentations
- Student/Resident Presentations
- Workshops

Don't miss the May 10, 2022 deadline and check out our conference website for all the details!

https://cawm.ca/event/cawm-2022/

04/30/2022

Hope they say something nice…

Did you catch our first journal article review?!

Thanks to MLC member Daniel Kliger from St. George’s University School of Medicine for putting this together. Daniel reviewed the WEMJ article "Closed Reduction of Anterior Shoulder Dislocations Performed by Ski Patrollers in the Alpine Prehospital Environment: A Retrospective Review Demonstrating Efficacy in a Canadian Ski Resort" by Jamin M Mulvey, Ira N Carson, Kevin A Palmer.

Bottom Line: This study assessed the efficacy of training nonmedical ski patrollers to reduce anterior shoulder dislocations in settings where physicians were not immediately available to assist. The reduction success rate was 89%, suggesting a way to improve patient care in the absence of more advanced medical practitioners.

Check out the full article here - https://www.wemjournal.org/article/S1080-6032(21)00152-6/fulltext and the review on our website here https://cawm.ca/shoulder-dislocation-infographic/

If you are interested in reviewing an article reach out to our Medical Learner Committee at [email protected].

04/22/2022

I think I can help

We are unbelievably excited for this opportunity to team up with and to launch our Rescuer Session Ale. Launch party May 6th starting at 5pm. Interested in the painting used on our label? Hop on over to https://www.32auctions.com/rockymtnhousesar to place a bid! The painting graciously donated by (Margriet Berkhout) is displayed at rival trade. Frame made by Dan Duhamel. We hope to see you there.