Day 2: Wednesday 29 March 2017
09.00-09.30 Registration and tea and coffee
Chairs: Prof Buddha Basnyat and Prof Mike Grocott
09.30-11.00 SESSION 1: OXYGEN DELIVERY? Buddha Basnyat
09.30-09.40 Welcome and introduction Buddha Basnyat
09.40-10.10 Exercise is medicine? Denny Levett
10.10-10.40 Fluid Therapy Monty Mythen
10.40-11.10 Oxygen therapy Daniel Martin
11.10-11.30 COFFEE
11.30-13.00 SESSION 2: INFECTION Santosh
11.30-12.00 Infectious diseases in Nepal Buddha Basnyat
12.00-12.30 What is the microbiome? Mike Grocott
12.30-13.00 Patan hospital ID RCT azithromycin vs cotrimoxazole with Oxford University.
12.30-13.30 LUNCH
13.30-15.00 MOUNTAIN ILLNESS Buddha Basnyat
13.00-14.00 Mountain Medicine Society overview
14.00-14.30 Randomization double blind study about paracetamol vs ibuprofen in the prevention of AMS at 4300 m at Pheriche
14.30-15.00 Case reports of interesting altitude material seen by the MMS
15.00-15.30 COFFEE
15.30-14.30 ADVENTURES IN MEDICINE AND SURGERY Kay Mitchell
15.30-16.00 Adventures in critical care Max Jonas
16.00-16.30 Adventures in the upper airway David Howard
16.30 Closing remarks Buddha Basnyat and Mike Grocott
