ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES
RISHIKESH
High Altitude/Trauma Emergency Training for Chardham
Yatra, Uttarakhand
29th-30th April 2022
Day 1 program schedule: 29th April 2022
Time Topic Speaker
8:30- 9:20 AM Registration & Pre-course test
9:20-9:30 AM Welcome Address Prof Latika Mohan, AIIMS, Rishikesh
9:30-9:40 AM Inaugural Address Prof Arvind Rajvanshi, Director &
CEO, AIIMS, Rishikesh
Prof Manoj Gupta, Dean Academics,
AIIMS, Rishikesh
9:40-10:00 AM Description of terrain Dr Mayank Badola, Department of
Medical Health & Family Welfare,
Uttarakhand
10:00-10:25 AM The High Altitude Environment: Prof Latika Mohan, AIIMS, Rishikesh
Challenges to human survival &
performance
10:25–11:10 AM Acclimatization to high altitude Col S.P. Singh, ACMS, Delhi
Acclimatization protocols
11:10- 11:40 AM Acute High Altitude illness Prof Latika Mohan, AIIMS, Rishikesh
(HAPE)
11:40 – 12:20PM Acute High Altitude illness Col SP Singh, ACMS, Delhi
(AMS + HACE)
12:20 - 1:00 PM Pulse Oximetry - Practical Prof Latika Mohan, AIIMS, Rishikesh
Col SP Singh, ACMS, Delhi
Dr Jayanti Pant, AIIMS, Rishikesh
1:00 – 2:00 PM LUNCH
2:00-5:00 PM Initial Assessment and manage- Dr Madhur Uniyal & Team, AIIMS,
ment in Trauma in field settings Rishikesh
Primary Wound Care- Practical
ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL
SCIENCES RISHIKESH
High Altitude/Trauma Emergency Training for Chardham
Yatra, Uttarakhand
29th-30th April 2022
Day 2 program schedule: 30th April 2022
Time Topic Speaker
8:30-9:15 AM Day 1 Feedback and discus-
sion
9:15- 9:50 AM Air evacuation at High Altitude Col Shailja OS Karki
9:50-10:15 AM Oxygen Delivering systems Col S.P. Singh, ACMS, Delhi
10:15 – 10:45 AM Cold injuries - hypothermia Craig Nuttall, Brigham Young
University
10:45-11:15 AM Prolonged field care Craig Nuttal, Brigham Young
University
11:15-11:45 PM Cold injuries – Chillblains, FB Prof Latika Mohan, AIIMS, Rishikesh
11:45- 12:25 Other ailments at HA – I (Sleep Col S.P. Singh, ACMS, Delhi
disturbance, Cognitive dys-
function, Diarrhoea, Flatu-
lence, Gastritis, URTI, CO/CO2
poisoning, Skin)
12:25 - 01:00 PM Other ailments at HA – II (CVD, Prof Latika Mohan, AIIMS, Rishikesh
COPD, Asthma, Diabetes, SDB,
CKD, Childhood ailments)
1:00- 2:00 PM LUNCH
2:00-2:30 PM Eye ailments at HA Dr Neeti Gupta, AIIMS, Rishikesh
2:30-3:00 PM Dry nose & epistaxis Prof Manu Malhotra, AIIMS, Rishikesh
3:00 – 3:30 PM Using the Lake-Louise Symp- Prof Latika Mohan, AIIMS, Rishikesh
tom Questionnaire - Practical Col SP Singh, ACMS, Delhi
Dr Jayanti Pant, AIIMS, Rishikesh
3:30-4:00 PM Post Course-test
4:00 – 4:15 PM Discussion on post course test Prof Latika Mohan, Col S P Singh
4:15 PM Valedictory Function