SOM Curriculum

Lectures

Location: T473 (unless otherwise noted)

Times: all class sessions start at 5:30 PM and end at 7:20PM except the last class session which will end at 8:00 PM

Articles available through eReserves: https://eres.lib.washington.edu/eres/coursepage.aspx?cid=6216

NOTE: Lecture materials are restricted to UW NetID. To download the lecture powerpoint, click on the lecture title (not available until March 2009).

Times	Topic / Speaker	Readings
Monday March 23
5:30 - 6:20	Introduction Andrew Luks	Townes D, Wilderness medicine
6:30 - 7:20	Patient Assessment Geoffrey Ferguson
Monday March 30
5:30 - 6:20	High Altitude Medicine Andrew Luks	Hackett PM and Roach RC, High-altitude illness Hacket PM and Roach RC, High-altitude cerebral edema Luks AM and Swenson ER, High-altitude pulmonary edema Ataxia Movie #1 Ataxia Movie #2 Sleep Apnea Movie #1 Sleep Apnea Movie #2
6:30 - 7:20	A Personal Experience With Wilderness Medicine Sam Warren
Monday April 6
5:30 - 6:20	Hypothermia, Hyperthermia & Frostbite Medley Gatewood	Giesbrecht GG, Emergency treatment of hypothermia Bouchama A and Knochel JP, Heat Stroke Mills WJ, Summary of treatment of the cold-injured patient Biem J et al., Out of the cold.
6:30 - 7:30	Diving and Drowning Andrew Luks	Moon RE, Treatment of diving emergencies Bove AA, Medical aspects of sport diving Moon RE and Long RJ, Drowning and near-drowning Salomez F and Vincent J-L, Drowning
Monday April 13
5:30 - 6:20	Water Borne Illness and Water Disinfection Andrew Luks	Casburn-Jones and Farthing M, Traveler’s diarrhea Backer H, Water disinfection for international and wilderness travelers
6:20 - 7:30	Case Scenarios Andrew Luks
Times	Topic / Speaker	Readings
Monday April 20
5:30 - 6:20	Wilderness Evacuation and Search & Rescue Gretchen Lentz	McIntosh et al., Medical incidents and evacuations on wilderness expeditions
6:30 - 7:20	Knot Tying Workshop Instructions Web Links Tyler and Lindsey Kellet Gretchen Lentz
Monday April 27
5:30 - 6:20	Ultraendurance Athletic Events Brian Krabak	Seto et al. Environmental illness in athletes van Gent et al. Incidence and determinants of lower extremity running injuries in long distance runners: a systematic review
6:30 - 7:20	Foot Care Workshop Brian Krabak	Taping for blisters
Monday May 4
5:30 - 6:20	Orthopedics Christopher Wahl	Quin RH and Macias DJ, The management of open fractures Serra JB, Management of trauma in the wilderness environment Dean DB, Field management of displaced ankle fractures: techniques for successful reduction
6:30 - 7:20	Splinting Workshop Lindsey and Tyler Kellett
Monday May 11
5:30 - 6:20	Women in the Wilderness Gretchen Lentz
6:30 - 8:00	Improv Presentations Student Groups

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