MedSail 2013
Celebrating Our 10th Anniversary!
The Annual Medicine for Mariners and Safety at Sea Conference
February 2-9, 2013
Can you see this as your classroom?
During the MedSail program, you will have an outstanding educational opportunity while you cruise the gorgeous British Virgin Islands. Sail with an expert faculty that has a passion for teaching marine medicine and safety at sea. The seminar is supported by the Wilderness Medical Society, which provides up to 15 hours of category 1 CME's for medical professionals; sailors who have a special interest in marine medicine and wish to increase their self-reliance at sea are also encouraged to attend. Most mornings there will be a two and-one half hour seminar ashore. The flotilla will then sail to a different overnight anchorage, with optional stops along the way for lunch, scuba diving, snorkeling, hiking, shopping, swimming, and exploring, or just relaxing. One day will be lecture free, so that participants may explore the many islands and harbors in the area. The dates are February 2-9, 2013. Sail aboard a Moorings Signature Crewed 46 ft or 47 ft Catamaran with two other participating couples, or charter and captain your own bare boat with friends or family. Choose from the Moorings fleet of over 200 bareboats ranging in size from 32 to 52 feet, including mono hulls, catamarans, and powerboats. The navigation is generally line of sight, and sailing is easy in these protected waters. There is an abundance of secure moorings in the destination anchorages. The conferences will be held in open air restaurants, beach bars, and conferencing rooms. Our hosts include the Moorings in Road Town, Foxy's on lost Van Dyke, Pirates Bight Restaurants and Bar on Norman Island, Cooper Island Beach Club, and Bitter End Resort on Virgin Gorda's North Sound. Sail Caribbean Divers will organize scuba trips at a variety of locations.
Crewed Yacht Charters Include the Following:
- First night hotel accommodations at the Mariner Inn (on the Moorings' base), Road Town, Tortola
- Six nights aboard the Moorings Signature Crewed Yachts
- Double Staterooms with lavatory and shower
- Two uniformed crew (captain & chef)
- All meals aboard the yacht
- Beverages, cocktails, snacks, and hors d'oeuvres
- Snorkeling equipment and sea kayak (Sailboard on request)
Book now to ensure your spot in this one-of-a-kind opportunity to learn medical and safety skills from some of the top educators in the field.
To Make Charter and Travel Reservations:
Call the Moorings at 888-703-3173 and ask for Barbara Daetwyler, the Moorings coordinator for MedSail 2013, or contact her via email: BDaetwyler@mooringsnet.com
MedSail Objectives:
Following this program, we expect participants will be able to:
- Learn how to treat common medical problems, traumatic injuries, and medical emergencies encountered in recreational boating, and diving.
- Describe the nature and treatment of illness and injuries from hazardous marine life and seafood toxins.
- Describe the pathophysiology, treatment, and prevention of environmental threats faced by mariners e.g., hypothermia, lightning, cold water immersion, and solar injury.
- Describe the principles of health and safety at sea, and the measures to prevent accidents, illness, injury, and death at sea.
- Review the principles of medically safe scuba diving.
- Review the causes and prevention of drowning, and the treatment of submersion incidents in warm and cold water.
- Review the new emergency communication systems used in search and rescue, medical evacuation, and telemedicine.
- Become familiar with the unique supplies and requirements of a marine medical kit.
- Know the basic principles of travel medicine.
Target Audience:
The target audience includes physicians, nurses, other health care professionals, and mariners who work or play, or who are medically responsible for the health and safety of others in marine environments.
Faculty:
Eric Johnson MD, /FAWM
Past President, Wilderness Medical Society, Member Board of Directors WMS, Medical Director Teton Co. Fire & EMS, Medical Director, Center for Wound Healing & Hyperbaric Medicine, Emergency Medicine of Idaho, Consultant in dive and wilderness medicine, NAUI diving instructor, Associate Clinical Faculty University of Washington, Mt. Everest Base Camp Physician in 2006 and 2009, and Himalayan Rescue Association volunteer. Frequent speaker at wilderness medicine, and dive medicine conferences around the world. Speaker at all previous MedSail programs. Expedition LeaderAddress: PO Box 722, Driggs, ID 83422
eluthjohn@aol.com
Michael Jacobs MD
Director, MedSail educational conferences , U.S. Coast Guard Licensed Captain, Co-author of ”A Comprehensive Guide to Marine Medicine”, author of chapter “Survival At Sea” in Textbook of Wilderness Medicine (past two and new 5th editions). Speaker at Safety at Sea conferences and Wilderness Medical Society (WMS) conferences; Member US Sailing Safety at Sea Committee; author of “Marine Medicine” educational slide set for WMS; practicing physician on Martha’s Vineyard. Speaker at all previous MedSail programs.Address: 364 State Road, Vineyard Haven, MA 02568
saildoc@vineyard.net
Andrew Nathanson MD, FACEP
Associate Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine at Alpert School of Medicine, Brown University.
Co-Author of “Surf Survival- The surfer’s Health Handbook” ; Co- program director of WMS Travel, Dive and Marine Medicine conferences in Maui Hawaii. Author of numerous published scientific studies on surfing and sailing injuries. anathanson@lifespan.org
Program Schedule and Seminar Topics
This program is currently being expanded with additional guest speakers. All lectures are one hour (except where indicated as 30 minutes) and include time for questions - Total 15 hours CME
Saturday, Feb. 2, 7:00-8:30 PM- Welcome Reception for course participants and guests
- Seasickness: etiology, prevention, treatment (MJ)
- Wound trauma management; How to use an aluminum (SAM) Splint, new hemostatic agents, wound care materials (EJ)
- Drowning (EJ)
- Marine Medical Kits, treatment of medical problems at sea (MJ, EJ)
- Lightning (EJ)
- Health Maintenance at Sea: preventing illness & injury (MI)
- ABC's of Dive Medicine (EJ)
- Evacuation of Sick and Injured at Sea: 30 minutes with video (MJ)
- Telemedicine, Emergency marine communication: Digital Selective Calling, PLBs, EPIRBs, USCG Rescue 21 system (MJ)
- Travel Medicine (EJ)
- Recreational Boating Accidents - Injuries, fatalities - a review of causes of fire, flooding, collision: 30 minutes (MJ)
- Hypothermia (EJ)
- Cold-water immersion: Cold Shock Response, with video (MJ, EJ)
- Solar Injury (MJ)
- Seafood Toxidromes (EJ)
- Hazardous Marine Life (MJ)
Thursday, Feb. 7, Bitter End, 6:15 PM
- Farewell get together
Friday, Feb. 8, Free day
- Opportunity to sail to many harbors from Virgin Gorda
Saturday, Feb. 9
- Return to Moorings Base by noon
Participants will receive a CD of the syllabus covering all topics discussed, and the book "A Comprehensive Guide to Marine Medicine".
"This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and Policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education through the joint sponsorship of the Wilderness Medical Society and Michael E Jacobs MD. The Wilderness Medical Society is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians."
"The Wilderness Medical Society designates this educational activity for a maximum of 15 hours AMA PRA Category I Credits™. Each physician should only claim credits commensurate with the extent of the participation in the activity".
Most state boards of Registered Nurses accept AMA Category 1 Credit as meeting continuing education requirements for license renewal. Nurses should check with their state board regarding use of CME credit.
There are no commercial supporters for this activity, and no written agreements.
There are no financial relationships controlling the content of this program. This applies to all faculty members.