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Wilderness Medicine in the
South African context
Sean Buchanan
Wilderness & Expedition Medicine
• Purposeful medicine:
– predicted, planned, performed
• Characteristics:
– Remote
– Unusual physiological demands
– Reliance on clinical examination
– Reliance on good judgement
– Need for ingenuity & improvisation
– Pragmatic
‘Austere care is no excuse for poor care’
Uniquely broad demand for practical & pragmatic skills… ideal for EM practitioners!
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Mountain
Jungle
Desert
PolarMarine
Disaster
Tactical
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Where is the evidence?
Keywords:
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Keywords:
acute mountain sickness
zoonoses
zoonotic disease
rickettsia
tick bite fever
dysentry
typhoid
dengue
envenomation
plant dermatitis
poisonous plants
Wilderness Medicine Education in SA
• Short courses:
– Wilderness Emergency Medicine
(KZN)
– Winter Wilderness Medicine
(Matroosberg, WC)
– Kilimanjaro Mountain Medicine
• Dip/MSc/PhD programmes in
extreme physiology
– Tropical medicine
– Aerospace medicine
– Hyperbaric medicine
– Emergency Medicine
• Fellowship in Wilderness Medicine
(FAWM)
• Diploma in Mountain Medicine
(DiMM)
Fellow of the Academy of Wilderness
Medicine (FAWN)
Requirements:
• Any WMS member
• $255 for 5 years
• Points-based system needing total
of 100:
– Core 55-70
– Elective 5-10
– Experience 20-40
• 16 domains including education
and research
WMS Members who proudly use the
FAWM credential display the
highest level of widely-
recognized achievement in
the field of wilderness medicine. They
have demonstrated significant
knowledge and experience
in their disciplineand serve the
community in a distinguished manner.
Hyperbaric
Tropical and
Travel
Altitude Expedition
Rescue
Sports and
Physiology
Field Sanitation
Environmental
Improvisation
Disaster &
Humanitarian
Aid
Wilderness
Emergencies
Faculty
Development
• Optic nerve sheath diameter &
papilledema
• Lung ultrasound for prediction of HAPE
• Field pulse oximety comparisons
• Wearable device trails
• Inhalational analgesia at high altitude
WEMSA Research
EMMSA
SA Triage Score ARREST
WEMSSA
PECSA EM Ultrasound
Prof. Dickerson (Chair)
+ 15 person committee
Objectives of the Society
• Establish a professional forum for the
recognition and advancement of WM professionals
• Provide accredited training
• Advocate for wilderness medical professionals
and their patients
• Review international wilderness protocols in
respect to their local applicability
• Develop, fund and conduct research
• Foster cooperation across Africa
Priorities
Accredited
Education
Opportunities
WMS - Local
Training
CPD Training
Program
Membership
Society
blog
Regional
SeminarsResearch
Collaboration
Funding
Volunteers
Clinical
Guidelines
Trip Planning
Snake bite
Near
Drowning
Hypothermia
Are you ready to take your medical
expertise to new places and new heights?
www.wemmsa.org
http://www.wms.org/

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