WVU Appalachian Wilderness Medicine Conference

August 8-10, 2008
WVU Health Sciences Center and Cooper's Rock State Park
Morgantown, WV

Featured topics:

River rescue, Cave rescue, Search and rescue, Environmental illness and injury.

Research forum:

We are accepting abstracts of original wilderness medicine research for oral and poster presentations. Contact Jack Ditty, MD (jditty@hsc.wvu.edu) for more information and abstract submissions.

Program information and brochure to be released soon.

This conference is being jointly sponsored by West Virginia Medical Corporation Department of Emergency Medicine, the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP), and the West Virginia Chapter of ACEP.

Links:

2008 Registration

2008 AWMC Brochure

2006 and 2007 AWMC Pictures

"Search and Rescue Challenge"

Nearby attractions

Kayaking and rafting:

• Adventure Sports Center International
• Riversport School of Paddling

  Upper Yough (class 4-5)
  Lower Yough (class 2-3)
  Cheat Narrows (class 2-3)
  Cheat Canyon (class 4-5)
  Cheat Lake (flatwater)

Climbing, rappelling, and bouldering:

• Cooper's Rock State Park

Cycling and mountain biking:

• Wamsley's Cycles
• Decker's Creek and Mon River Rail Trails
• Cooper's Rock State Park
• Adventure Sports Center International

  Quebec Run
  Snake Hill WMA
  Miles of backroads

Hiking:

• Cooper's Rock State Park
• Chestnut Ridge Park
• White's Park
  

"2007 Conference brochure"

2006 Conference Brochure