Wilderness Medicine Trips

Bio Bio Expeditions brings you the world’s most exciting CME adventures. We offer a multitude of Wilderness Medicine courses in the world’s mose beautiful and exciting destinations. Whitewater rafting on the Futaleufu River in Patagonia, Chile, climbing Mount Kilimanjaro and safari in Tanzania, jungle and beaches of Costa Rica, hike the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu then visit the Amazon. Bio Bio Expeditions has partnered with Wilderness Medicine and the Wilderness Medical Association to create courses that offer medical professionals knowledge and hands-on skills in wilderness and expedition medicine.

This intensive Wilderness Medicine program covers a wide array of medical topics that can potentially occur in any jungle, mountain, wilderness or river excursion. Medical topics and training include: trauma management, high-altitude illness, search and rescue, evacuation techniques, weather related conditions, traveler’s illnesses, wilderness orthopedics, swift water safety and rescue, basic wilderness survival, and arthropod envenomations. Furthermore, the courses are taught while experiencing an outdoor, wilderness “adventure-of-a-lifetime”.

Doctors, nurses, physician assistants and paramedics, or anyone needing continuing medical education (CME) credits, should consider one of these highly enjoyable courses. Each course is accredited for Category 1 CME Credits. And, although geared toward the health professional, these wilderness expedition medicine courses are open to anyone. The cost of the trip and course is also tax deductible for health professionals that require the CME credits.

Each expedition is taught by highly skilled faculty - all leaders in the field of wilderness medicine, including: Howard Donner. M.D., Eric Weiss. M.D., Gene Allred. M.D., Paul Auerbach. M.D., Tim Erickson. M.D., Peter Hackett. M.D., and Sheryl Olsen. R.N.

For more information about wilderness expedition medicine courses, contact Bio Bio Worldwide Expeditions toll free at 1-800-246-7238.

About HOWARD DONNER, M.D.

Dr. Howard Donner, of Telluride. Colo., leads many of our wilderness expedition medicine courses. Dr. Donner is co-author “Field Guide to Wilderness Medicine.” He was a member of the 1997 NOVA Mount Everest expedition, the medical officer for the Denali Medical Research Project, and is also a medical consultant for NASA.

Find out more about our Wilderness Medicine learning adventures:

• Costa Rica Jungles, Rivers and Beaches - March 2008 and March 2009
• Inca Trail - Machu Picchu Combo - Amazon Jungle
  08-16-08 to 08-27-08 and 09-20-08 to 10-1-08
  $3850.00 - (Now includes two nights at Machu Picchu five star Pueblo Hotel)
  CME credits $695.00
• Mt Kilimanjaro Climb and Safari - 10-05-08 to 10-19-08
  Price $5700.00 CME credits $695.00
  (does not include park fees for Kilimanjaro - Does include return flight from serengeti)
• Mount Everest Base camp trek 04/28/08 - 05/15/08 - $3395.00 CME credits $695.00
• Explore Patagonia, Chile -
  01-27-08 to 02-04-08 Price - $3200.00
• India Multi Sport - 01/03/09 - 01/17/09 - $4400.00
  CME credits - $695.00
• Explore Antartica - 02/11/09 - 02/21/09 $8500.00
  CME credits $695
  All Main deck cabins.