BMMS

Cold, Avalanche & Trauma Weekend
2022-10-01 - 2022-10-02
30th September- 2nd October 2022 Cold, Avalanche & Trauma Weekend
£260 Full Board
Saturday 1st & Sunday 2nd October:

Practical Workshops and Updates in:

Trauma Management
Hypothermia
Avalanche medicine
Frostbite

Our programmes are purposefully flexible. This allows you to contact us if you want a specific topic covered.
Interested? Then send us a booking form, found at the end of our events page ☺
Website: https://mountainandexpeditionemergencymedicine.org

International Symposium on Accidental Hypothermia : 7th
2022-10-11 08:00 - 17:00 UTC | CHUV, Rue du Bugnon 25A, 1005 Lausanne, Switzerland
This symposium has been organized for hospital and pre hospital workers (medical and non medical), researchers and students interested in the field of accidental hypothermia and avalanches
We will have the chance to benefit from the presence of international experts as speakers or participants We are looking forward to this moment of science, sharing of experiences and friendship, and to welcoming you in Lausanne.
Download Agenda: 7th International Symposium on Accidental Hypothermia Lausanne 2022
GENERAL INFORMATION
• The number of participants in presential is limited to 256 (if the sanitary
situation allows it)
• There is a possibility to follow the symposium online (live streaming)
• Registration is mandatory
• The language of the symposium will be English
REGISTRATION FEES / PAYMENT
• 70 CHF in presential (including catering: coffee break, lunch, apéro
• 40 CHF to follow the symposium online
PAYMENT INSTRUCTIONS
• Online payment with credit card: click here
• Please note that your registration will be confirmed only by email after reception of the payment
LOCATION
CHUV, Bâtiment AGORA, Rue du Bugnon 25A, 1005 Lausanne, Switzerland

The Future of Mountain Search and Rescue
2022-10-12 - 2022-10-15
The Future of Mountain Search and Rescue
New strategies for operating and management of Mountain Search and Rescue Operations
October 12th to 15th 2022: Full details here.

The International Commission for Alpine Rescue ICAR, is a not for profit NGO set up with the prime purpose of ensuring best practice in mountain rescue techniques.
There are 5 commissions tasked with researching and developing skills in specific areas these are:

Terrestrial rescue
Air rescue
Avalanche rescue
Alpine emergency medicine
Dog handlers

Information is shared amongst mountain rescue services around the world via its platform, research papers, ICAR member lobbying and finally via a yearly congress.
This year, 2022, the Swiss Alpine rescue service SAS has been asked to host the event in Montreux.

BMMS-BMC Mountain Medicine weekend May 13-14th 2023.
2023-05-13 08:00 - 2023-05-14 17:00 (Europe/London)
This popular weekend event is returning to Hathersage on 13 and 14 May 2023. The event provides mountain first aid teaching to those who love the outdoors, whether you are a novice or have done first aid courses before, you will learn something.
Who is this event for?
Hosted by the British Mountaineering Council (BMC) and the British Mountain Medicine Society (BMMS) this event is for anyone interested in mountain medicine. You might be a UIAA guide requiring CPD, a volunteer walk leader or an individual who wants to improve their knowledge. You are all welcome.
Date & Venue
Hathersage Saturday 13 and Sunday 14 May
Programme
A variety of mountain medicine sessions will be delivered by national experts including; children & mountains, altitude & acclimatisation, avalanche medicine and ticks & lyme disease. On Saturday evening there will be a BBQ.
READ: Full weekend programme
Ticket prices
You have the option to come to both days, or to just one of the days. Ticket price includes the sessions, and a BBQ on Saturday evening:
1-day Full Price £110
1-day BMC Member £99
2-day Full Price £135
2-day BMC Member £121.50

https://www.thebmc.co.uk/bmcbmms-mountain-medicine-weekend-2023

Experience being an “Expedition Medic”
2023-09-01 - 2023-09-04
Come and Learn With Us
Outdoor training and over-night exercise
£475
3 nights glamping accommodation in Shropshire
All food included plus Sunday pizza night
Visit website for more information:
https://mountainandexpeditionemergencymedicine.org

BMMS Winter Webinar: Mike Parsons on Mountain Clothing Performance layering.
2023-10-24 20:00 - 21:00 (Europe/London) | Online, United Kingdom
BMMS Winter Webinar CPD approved. Supported by UClan, Alpkit and Vertebrate publishing. Book via https://mountainmedicineblog.7thwave.io/cgi-bin/renderpost.py?postid=2623 .
Mike Parsons on Mountain Clothing Performance layering.

BMMS Winter Webinar: Wes Cole on The Marathon de Sable.
2023-11-28 20:00 - 21:00 (Europe/London) | Online, United Kingdom
BMMS Winter Webinar CPD approved. Supported by UClan, Alpkit and Vertebrate publishing. Book via https://mountainmedicineblog.7thwave.io/cgi-bin/renderpost.py?postid=2623
Wes Cole on The Marathon de Sable.

BMMS Journal Club
2024-01-22 19:30 - 20:30 (Europe/London)

BMMS Winter Webinar: Jon Dallimore
2024-01-30 20:00 - 21:00 (Europe/London) | Online, United Kingdom
Jon Dallimore on the Oxford Handbook of Expedition and wilderness medicine.
BMMS Winter Webinar CPD approved. Supported by UClan, Alpkit and Vertebrate publishing. Book via https://mountainmedicineblog.7thwave.io/cgi-bin/renderpost.py?postid=2623 .

BMMS Off piste ski week: Chamonix, 18 -23 February 2024
2024-02-18 - 2024-02-23 | Chamonix, France
BMMS Off piste ski week with teaching on off piste technique and ski mountaineering skills with evening talks on related mountain medicine topics. Chamonix based. IFMGA guide instruction. Hotel based. £1350.
Mountain Medicine CPD applied for.
Contact Graham McMahon: gmguidefra@gmail.com .

BMMS Winter Webinar: Sarah Pickman
2024-02-27 20:00 - 21:00 (Europe/London) | Online, United Kingdom
Sarah Pickman takes us on a journey through the history of mountain medicine.
BMMS Winter Webinar CPD approved. Supported by UClan, Alpkit and Vertebrate publishing. Book via https://mountainmedicineblog.7thwave.io/cgi-bin/renderpost.py?postid=2623.

BMMS Winter Webinar: Mike Dixon
2024-03-05 20:00 - 21:00 (Europe/London) | Online, United Kingdom
Mike Dixon on the life of Dr Tom Patey
BMMS Winter Webinar CPD approved. Supported by UClan, Alpkit and Vertebrate publishing.
Book via: https://mountainmedicineblog.7thwave.io/cgi-bin/renderpost.py?postid=2623

Trauma Care Conference
2024-03-10 08:00 - 17:00 (Europe/London) | Yarnfield Park Training and Conferece, Yarnfield, Stone, ST15 0NL, United Kingdom
The Remote and Rural Medicine Programme: Sarah Wysling: BMMS

BMMS Ski touring in Finnmark, Northern Norway: 14-19 April 2024
2024-04-14 - 2024-04-19 | Finnmark, Norway
14-19 April 2024 BMMS Ski touring in Finnmark, Northern Norway. Designed for experienced ski tourers. Initially hotel then self catering lodge. Mountain medicine CPD applied for. IFMGA guide instruction. Cost £1500.
Contact Graham McMahon: gmguidefra@gmail.com .

BMMS Journal Club
2024-04-23 20:00 - 21:00 (Europe/London)
Critical appraisal is integral to the 21st century healthcare professional's armoury. We are required to remain current & discern from the available body of literature what is sufficiently reliable to use to inform our clinical practice! The BMMS Journal Club aims to be an enjoyable & time efficient means of jointly dissecting & digesting literature pertaining to the practice of mountain medicine, provide opportunities for shared learning & academically rigorous CPD as required for our appraisal & revalidation.
This event will occur quarterly on a different week night. Each meeting will begin at 20:00 & last an hour. We will use MedAll (https://app.medall.org/c/the-british-mountain-medicine-society-bmms), a free & really convenient to use online platform that will allow you to register for & participate in the webinar & obtain a CPD certificate.
The selected publication will be of interest to mountain medicine practitioners & we will endeavour to make it available online one month in advance of the meeting. We will invite authors to attend, enabling them to discuss their work & answer any questions that the audience might have. Here's the link to the publication to be appraised:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9983728/
Please send us your suggestions for future journal clubs! Anyone who’s keen to present should also get in touch by emailing the BMMS at the following address - info@thebmms.co.uk

UCLan PGDip Mountain Medicine: Application Deadline
2024-04-30 00:00 - 23:59 (Europe/London)
The closing date for applications is 30th April 2024.
Apply to: https://www.uclan.ac.uk/postgraduate/courses/mountain-medicine-msc
Start date September 2024. Follow link for fulldetails

BMMS Day course: Dental and Facial Maxillary
2024-05-17 09:00 - 17:30 (Europe/London) | Hathersage, Derbyshire, UK, S32, United Kingdom
17 May 2024 BMMS Day course on dental and facial maxillary problems on expeditions.
Venue: Hathersage. Derbyshire.

mountainmedicineblog.7thwave.io
Over the weekend of the 18th and 19th May 2024, Hathersage will again be hosting the annual Mountain Medicine Weekend. Preceding this, on Friday 17th the British Mountain Medicine Society (BMMS) will be hosting a one day course dedicated to the treatment of facial and dental trauma.
The day will be led by Mr Burjor Langdana. Burj is an NHS dentist and Honorary Clinical Professor in Extreme Medicine at Exeter University. Well known to many, his highly practical and interactive workshops have become a firm favourite amongst those seeking the skills to deliver healthcare in remote environments. The day will be split into 2 parts - both of which will be very “hands on”! The morning is set aside for facial trauma and Burj will show us how to diagnose and manage soft tissue and bony injuries. You’ll learn about the management of fractures, nosebleeds and jaw dislocations. In the afternoon, we’ll take a closer look inside the mouth. Using dental models we'll learn how to administer regional anaesthesia, incise abscesses, insert fillings and undertake intra oral suturing! Why not join us for what will prove to be a fascinating day?

BMMS/BMC Laypersons workshops on all aspects of Mountain Medicine: Hathersage
2024-05-18 - 2024-05-19 | Hathersage, Derbyshire, UK, S32, United Kingdom
18/19 May 2024 BMMS/BMC Laypersons workshops on all aspects of Mountain Medicine. Hathersage.
Booking via BMC website after Christmas 2023.

2025: Trauma Care Conderence, Stafford. Day of Mountain Medicine
2024-06-23 08:00 - 17:00 (Europe/London)
TBC

ISMM/WMS Annual Congress Snowbird, Utah, USA
2024-07-24 - 2024-07-28 | Snowbird, United States
ISMM/WMS Annual Congress Snowbird, Utah, USA with Diploma Course Organisers meeting.

BMMS Journal Club
2024-07-24 20:00 - 21:00 (Europe/London)
Critical appraisal is integral to the 21st century healthcare professional's armoury. We are required to remain current & discern from the available body of literature what is sufficiently reliable to use to inform our clinical practice! The BMMS Journal Club aims to be an enjoyable & time efficient means of jointly dissecting & digesting literature pertaining to the practice of mountain medicine, provide opportunities for shared learning & academically rigorous CPD as required for our appraisal & revalidation.
This event will occur quarterly on a different week night. Each meeting will begin at 20:00 & last an hour. We will use MedAll (https://app.medall.org/c/the-british-mountain-medicine-society-bmms), a free & really convenient to use online platform that will allow you to register for & participate in the webinar & obtain a CPD certificate.
The selected publication will be of interest to mountain medicine practitioners & we will endeavour to make it available online one month in advance of the meeting. We will invite authors to attend, enabling them to discuss their work & answer any questions that the audience might have.
Please send us your suggestions for future journal clubs! Anyone who’s keen to present should also get in touch by emailing the BMMS at the following address - info@thebmms.co.uk

How to get into EXPEDITION MEDICINE
2024-10-12 - 2024-10-13 | Chamois Mountain Hut, LL55 4SA, United Kingdom
How to get into EXPEDITION MEDICINE: Students and Juniors weekend
(Student Course). Snowdonia. Bunkhouse based. Chamois Mountain Hut, LL55 4SA. One day with experienced mountain medics and one with IFMGA guides. More details to follow in the spring. Discounts for BMMS members. Will be arranged by two of our student ambassadors Erin Linwood and Isabelle Harris.

Join us for a weekend in North Wales, with a day of 'how to' workshops delivered by expedition healthcare professionals and a hill day delivered by British mountain guides. Mountain hut accommodation Friday and Saturday, two breakfasts and Saturday dinner included.
Arrive on Friday evening to a North Wales mountain hut for some social time and getting settled in.
Saturday will give you a choice of workshops around the practicalities of moving your practice to the mountains
Sunday we finish off with a hill day supported by a great team of British mountain guides, learn from the pros at the top of their game
If you're not already a member head over to thebmms.co.uk and join to save your hard earned cash and get loads of other membership benefits

Tickets available here: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/thebmms/1296030

Joint BMRES/BMMS Mountain Medicine symposium (DEFERRED)
2024-10-18
Joint BMRES/BMMS Mountain Medicine symposium in Birmingham.

2024 Winter Webinar: Mick Conefrey "Doctors on High"
2024-10-22 20:00 - 21:00 (Europe/London)
Winter Webinar Mick Conefrey "Doctors on High"
Mick is an award winning author and film maker who specialises in mountaineering and exploration. In his most recent book "Fallen" he tells the story of George Mallory and his final expedition to Mt Everest in 1924.
A certificate of attendance will be provided to those who complete the feedback questionnaire. This will be FREE to BMMS members and £3 to non members.
The event will take place on Microsoft Teams and login details will be sent out 1 week and 24 hours before the webinar.
Tickets Here

BMMS Journal Club - Updated
2024-10-24 20:00 - 21:00 (Europe/London)
Critical appraisal is integral to the 21st century healthcare professional's armoury. We are required to remain current & discern from the available body of literature what is sufficiently reliable to use to inform our clinical practice! The BMMS Journal Club aims to be an enjoyable & time efficient means of jointly dissecting & digesting literature pertaining to the practice of mountain medicine, provide opportunities for shared learning & academically rigorous CPD as required for our appraisal & revalidation.
This event will occur quarterly on a different week night. Each meeting will begin at 20:00 & last an hour. We will use MedAll (https://app.medall.org/c/the-british-mountain-medicine-society-bmms), a free & really convenient to use online platform that will allow you to register for & participate in the webinar & obtain a CPD certificate.
The selected publications will be of interest to mountain medicine practitioners & we will endeavour to make it available online one month in advance of the meeting. Here are this months links:
https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/ham.2017.0164
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1016/j.wem.2011.10.001
We will invite authors to attend, enabling them to discuss their work & answer any questions that the audience might have.
Please send us your suggestions for future journal clubs! Anyone who’s keen to present should also get in touch by emailing the BMMS at the following address - info@thebmms.co.uk

2024 Winter Webinar: Olly Sanders "The journey not the destination"
2024-11-26 20:00 - 21:00 (Europe/London)
As a leading kayaker and mountaineer Olly Saunders has explored parts of the world that many of us can only dream of visiting. In his book, "The Journey Not The Destination" Olly describes a series of small scale expeditions and first ascents in remote places, where self-reliance and trust are paramount, humour and having a good time with friends at its core. Join us for fascinating night!
A certificate of attendance will be provided to those who complete the feedback questionnaire. This will be FREE to BMMS members and £3 to non members.
The event will take place on Microsoft Teams and login details will be sent out 1 week and 24 hours before the webinar.
Tickets Here

A day with the Mountain Weather Information Service (MWIS)
2024-12-13 08:00 - 17:00 (Europe/London) | Hathersage, Derbyshire, UK, S32, United Kingdom

2024 Winter webinar: Lina Arthur, "Dry Tooling Great Britain"
2024-12-17 20:00 - 21:00 (Europe/London)
Following on from her previous brilliant guidebook, "Snow and Ice" Lina returns with "Dry Tooling Great Britain". Beautifully illustrated and written to the highest of standards, this book provides readers with all they need to know about one of the UK's most rapidly growing climbing activities. Join us for a fascinating evening!
A certificate of attendance will be provided to those who complete the feedback questionnaire. This will be FREE to BMMS members and £3 to non members.
The event will take place on Microsoft Teams and login details will be sent out 1 week and 24 hours before the webinar.
Places can be reserved here.

2025 Winter Webinar: Natalie Hawkrigg, "Slack seas to summit screes"
2025-01-25 20:00 - 21:00 (Europe/London)
As a GP based in north Cumbria, Natalie is well placed to not only access the fells of the Lake District but also the many lakes and tarns too. In 2023 she completed her long held ambition to tick off the UK's three most famous swim / run adventures - Frog Graham Round, Puddle Buckley Round and the Ring of Stirling. Join us to find out about the challenges encountered on these long adventures and how Natalie overcame them.
A certificate of attendance will be provided to those who complete the feedback questionnaire. This will be FREE to BMMS members and £3 to non members.
The event will take place on Microsoft Teams and login details will be sent out 1 week and 24 hours before the webinar.
Places can be reserved here.

Mountain Trauma CPD Day
2025-05-09
Info on the Mountain Medicine Blog: https://mountainmedicineblog.7thwave.io
