Conference Program - Nozawa Onsen
Medicine and Extremes of Temperature 2
Jan 8th - 16th 2015
Conference Day One 8th Jan
Time
17:00-19:30
Topic
Welcome Reception and Opening Session
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Housekeeping
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CME Objectives
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Physiology Review - Thermoregulation in Humans
Conference Day Two 9th Jan
Time
07:00-09:00
Topic
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Measuring temperature in the clinical setting - a review of the technology
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The febrile child - knowing the benign from the serious
Time
17:00-19:00
Topic
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Environmental Heat Syndromes - from the trivial to the terminal
Conference Day Three 10th Jan
Time
07:00-09:00
Topic
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Medication Related Heat Syndromes
Time
17:00-19:00
Topic
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Freezing cold injury
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Non freezing cold injury
Conference Day Four 11th Jan
Time
07:00-09:00
Topic
Burns Part 1
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Epidemiology of burns injury
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Pathophysiology of burns injury
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Assesment of burns injury
Time
17:00-19:00
Topic
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The Deadly Trauma Triad
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Temperature Control Strategies in Trauma
Conference Day Five 12th Jan
Time
07:00-09:00
Topic
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Accidental hypothermia - a case orientated review
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Medical aspects of lightning strike - hot, hot, hotter
Time
17:00-19:00
Topic
Burns Part 2
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Resuscitation of the burns patient
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Chemical burns
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Electrical burns
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Inhalational injury
Conference Day Six 13th Jan
Time
07:00-09:00
Topic
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Sunburn
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Radiation Injury
Time
17:00-19:00
Topic
Prior to the meeting participants will be provided with details of 4 famous survival cases that involved significant changes in body temperature. You will be encouraged to do some research around these cases and be prepared to participate in a group discussion leading to a summary of what we currently know about survival and extremes of temperature
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Tales From the Wild - a case orientated review
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Survival on Everest 1
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Survival on Everest 2
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Survival at sea
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Survival under water
Conference Day Seven 14th Jan
Time
07:00-09:00
Topic
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Current technologies for cooling and warming - a review
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Burns dressings - an update
Time
17:00-19:00
Topic
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The who, how, where and when of Therapeutic Hypotherrmia
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The Quiz
Conference Day Eight 15th Jan
Time
07:00-09:00
Topic
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The year in review- what we learnt in 2014
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Final Q&A with Faculty
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Closing comments
Time
17:00-19:00
Topic
Burns Part 2
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Resuscitation of the burns patient
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Chemical burns
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Electrical burns
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Inhalational injury
Pre Conference Program - Nozawa Onsen
Travel Medicine Update
Jan 6th 2015
Session1:
07:00 - 07:30 Malaria
07:30 - 08:00 Yellow Fever
08:00 - 08:30 Rabies
08:30 - 09:00 Dengue
Session 2:
09:00 - 09:45 How to climb "Kili"
09:45 - 10:30 Surviving the Kokoda Track
10:30 - 11:00 Water safety and adventure travel
Session 3:
11:00 - 11:30 Non infectious travel risks
11:30 - 12:15 Travel Insurance - what Doctor's need to know
12:15 - 13:00 Cruise ship medicine
