Environmental Medical Emergencies, Vacation Dangers: Mistakes and Strategies
Description: Topics to be included:
High altitude illness
Frostbite and hypothermia
Rip Tides and Currents and near-drowning
Lightning Strikes
Heat Related illness
Radiation injury with discussion of the electromagnetic spectrum.
Personal experiences will be related. Audience participation with personal experiences will be encouraged.
Date: Tuesday, February 20
Time: 10-11 a.m.
Location: Springfield College, Brennan Center, Room No. TBD
Instructor: Murray Watnick, MD
Instructor Biography:
Murray Watnick MD, is a Board certified in Diagnostic Radiology and Nuclear Medicine. Medical Officer with Strategic Air Command, US Air Force. Temporary Advisor, World Health Organization {WHO}. Chief Radiologist, Noble Hospital, Westfield, Mass. Associate Professor, Radiology, Boston University, Clinical appointments, Harvard University and University of Massachusetts.