Xtreme Everest: Human Tolerance of Hypoxia
June 14, 2018
We depend on air for survival; more specifically we depend on oxygen. Starve the brain of oxygen and damage soon becomes irreparable. Indeed, all major organs - the heart, the lungs, the liver, the kidneys - will begin to malfunction and eventually fail without properly oxygenated blood. Quite simply without oxygen we die. Low oxygen levels are a critical factor in intensive care patients. In particular, diseases of the heart and lungs, and severe infections prevent adequate amounts of oxygen reaching the cells. This conference will review the Xtreme Everest medical research program that takes lessons learnt in extreme low oxygen environments, including that found on the summit of Mount Everest, and brings them back to the bedside of the intensive care unit (ICU).
Target Audience
anesthesiologists, physiologists, critical care physicians, stroke medicine physicians, neurologists, basic scientists
Learning Objectives
Improve knowledge of the effects on the human body of long term exposure to low levels of oxygen, and how some individuals adapt better to hypoxia than others
Trent Semans
Durham, NC
United States
Available Credit
- 3.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™
- 3.75 ANCC
- 3.75 Attendance
- 3.75 JA Credit - AH