Base Camp to the Summit: Going for It!
Dates: | March 6, 2023 |
---|---|
Meets: | M from 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM |
Location: | Museum of the Rockies |
Cost: | $0.00 |
Sorry, the signup deadline has passed.
Please note: This course program requires membership in a 2022-2023 OLLI at MSU Membership
Luanne Freer, M.D. opened the world's highest medical clinic in 2003 at Mount Everest Base Camp. Located at 17,600 feet (5,350 meters), the tent-based clinic provides medical care for ailments such as high-altitude sickness, frostbite and snow blindness. It also treats trauma to climbers, Sherpas and trekkers. Dr. Freer shares her fascinating story of what it is like to provide medical care in one of the world's coldest and most austere environments. For eight weeks, twice a year, every year for decades, an international community springs up on the side of a mountain. It's Everest Base Camp, and it has its own hospital for the first time in history. Dr. Freer will describe her outlandish idea to set up a tent-based medical clinic on a moving icefall at the base of Mt. Everest. She will also discuss what it took to gain community acceptance, obtain sponsorship and achieve critical acclaim. The journey may look impossible from the ground. Still, anyone can make it to the top with passion, the right team and preparation.
Fee: | $0.00 |
Museum of the Rockies
600 W Kagy Blvd, Bozeman, MT 59717Luanne Freer
Luanne Freer, M.D. is a board-certified emergency physician who practices as the medical director for Yellowstone National Park and is the past president of the Wilderness Medical Society. She opened the world's highest medical clinic in 2003 at Mount Everest Base Camp. The American College of Emergency Physicians has recognized Luanne as a "Hero of Emergency Medicine." This distinction recognizes emergency physicians who have made significant contributions to emergency medicine, their communities and their patients.