16th Annual
Student Conference
Morgantown, WV
March 4, 2023
SESEWMC is excited by be back in person at WVU in Morgantown, WV.
Are you an outdoor enthusiast? Are you looking for opportunities to
merge your interests in outdoor adventures with your future as a
healthcare provider?
Blue Ridge Adventure Medicine has partnered with West Virginia
University, Wake Forest University, and Virginia Tech Carilion School of
Medicine to host the 16th annual SE Student Wilderness Medicine
Conference in Morgantown, WV on March 4th, 2023.
This conference will provide both didactic and hands-on opportunities to
build your knowledge on how to manage common emergencies in austere
environments and improvise with limited resources. Nationally renowned
healthcare providers with careers focused in wilderness medicine will host
sessions ranging from cave/confined space rescues, wilderness
toxicology/envenomations, WEMS medical command, ultrasound,
hypothermia, ropes, patient packaging, medical kits, and suture
workshops.
Registration:
Online registration is closed.
On-site registration is available – $30 includes lunch and a fun education experience!
When you register you will receive additional information regarding parking.
VIRTUAL Option: Attend the AM Core Content Lectures for special of $5. Reach out to Dr. Scheidler at jscheidl@hsc.wvu.edu if you would like to attend virtually.
Order Conference Gear/Swag:
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Overview:
8:00a-9:00a: on-site registration
9:00-1:00p: Core Content lectures
● Cave/Confined Space Rescue
● Envenomations
● Wilderness EMS Medical Direction: A Paramedic’s Perspective
● Rescues in the New River Gorge
1:00-2:00p: Lunch on-site
2:00-6:00p: hands on activities → hemorrhage control, ropes/knots, patient packaging,
splints, medical kit discussions, ultrasound, cold/heat related illnesses, suture workshop, wilderness
toxicology.
