Southern Exposure - New Zealand Mountain Safety Council

Hypothermia : how to recognise it
and how to survive it
Whether working in the outdoors, running an outdoor event, or heading
into the back country for hunting, fishing, tramping or climbing,
hypothermia is something that Southlanders need to be aware of.
The Southern Institute of Technology is hosting a free seminar to
present the latest knowledge on hypothermia as a medical condition,
how to prevent it and how to treat it. Come and hear from experienced
outdoors and medical experts on how the body reacts in cold
environments, the management of groups in the outdoors, protective
clothing, and practical first-aid.
Date: Friday 27 May 2011
Time:
Venue:
9.00am to 12.30pm
Hansen Seminar Centre
Southern Institute of
Technology
133 Tay Street
Invercargill
The seminar is free of charge.
Please RSVP by 20 May
to Jo Whittle, Research Assistant
joanne.whittle@sit.ac.nz
or ph (03) 211 2699 x 8542
Speakers:
•Dr Claudia Schneider, Medical
Team Leader, Critical Care Unit,
Southland Hospital
•Dr Stanley Mulvany, Director,
Waihopai Health Services,
Invercargill
•Speaker on protective clothing
(name to be confirmed)
•Jodie Burton, Student Nurse, SIT

Southern Exposure
Hypothermia: how to recognise it and how to survive it
Programme Friday 27 May 2011 9.00 am to 12.30 pm
9.00 am WELCOME
Dr Sally Bodkin-Allen, Research Manager, Southern Institute of Technology
9.10 am How the body reacts in a cold environment: the pathophysiology of
hypothermia
Dr Claudia Schneider, Medical Team Leader of Critical Care Unit, Southland Hospital
Dr Claudia Schneider is an anaesthetist and a specialist in intensive care medicine. An outdoors
enthusiast, she has made 12 trips to altitudes over 5000 metres in Nepal, Bhutan, Pakistan and
South America. In 2006 she completed a course in Wilderness Medicine at the Wellington
School of Medicine. She chooses to live and work in Southland because she loves the outdoors.
10.00 am Have you got the gear The latest research and information on
protective clothing for safety in the outdoors
(Speaker to be confirmed)
10.40 am MORNING TEA
11.00 am Hypothermia: how it occurs, how to avoid it and how to treat it.
Vignettes on hypothermia. Cold water immersion, prevention and
treatment.
Dr Stanley Mulvany, Director, Waihopai Health Services, Invercargill
Dr Stanley Mulvany is a medical practitioner. He completed a course in Wilderness Medicine in
2010. A member of the New Zealand Alpine Club, he has climbed extensively both here and
overseas. He and his wife Belinda have made numerous expeditions to South and North
America, Africa, Europe and Asia. Notable expeditions include the first double crossing by
kayak of Foveaux Strait, the ascent of Mt Cook, a solo ascent of Hvannadalsknucker in Iceland,
and a mountain bike trip across the Tibetan Plateau from Lhasa to Kathmandu. Dr Mulvany
has a keen interest in running service projects in conjunction with his expeditions, and loves
planning the next adventure.
11.45 am Hypothermia as a workplace hazard: first aid for those working outdoors
Jodie Burton, Student Nurse, Southern Institute of Technology, Invercargill
A Year 3 student in the SIT School of Nursing, Jodie Burton is an experienced ski patroller.
Before moving to Invercargill to study she lived a continuous winter for seven years, working
between Colorado and New Zealand ski areas. During 2006 and 2007 she worked as part of
the field support team at Scott Base in Antarctica.
12.10 pm DISCUSSION
Chaired by Dr Sally Bodkin-Allen