DIMM Refresher Saas Fee/2026
Rope Team Coaching
Rope Team Coaching
Wed, July 8 – Sun, July 12, 2026
Saas Fee, Switzerland
The International Diploma in Mountain Medicine (DIMM) courses are organized in cooperation with the Alpinärzteschmiede. Registration for the course takes place via the Alpinärzteschmiede website.
DIMM Refresher
Info & Program
Detailed program to follow!
Price: €1,310.00 excl. accommodation for ÖGAHM/BeXMed members, €1,380.00 for external participants
Accommodation (incl. half board, parking, visitor’s tax, cable cars): CHF 700.00
Wednesday, July 8, 2026
- Arrival
- Update on Accidental Hypothermia and Avalanche Medicine – ERC 2025 Guidelines and beyond (1h seminar)
Prim. PD Dr. Peter Paal MBA PM.ME EDAIC EDIC FERC (Salzburg/AT), speaker online - Update on High-Altitude Physiology, Adaptation, and Training (1h seminar)
Assoc. Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Martin Faulhaber (Innsbruck/AT), speaker in Saas Fee
Thursday, July 9, 2026
- Alpine Sports (6h practice)
- Update on Mountaineering Tactics at High Altitude (1h seminar)
Univ.-Prof. i.R. Dr. med. et Dr. phil. M. Burtscher (Innsbruck/AT), speaker online or in Saas Fee - Update on Altitude Sickness (1h seminar)
Univ.-Prof. i.R. Dr. med. et Dr. phil. M. Burtscher (Innsbruck/AT), speaker online or in Saas Fee
Friday, July 10, 2026
- Alpine Sports (6h practice)
- Air Zermatt – Insights into Daily Rescue Operations from the Perspective of Mountain and Flight Rescuers (1h seminar)
Richard Lehner (Air Zermatt/CH), speaker in Saas Fee - Air Zermatt – Insights into Daily Rescue Operations from the Perspective of Flight Physicians (1h seminar)
Dr. Evelien Cools (Rennaz/CH, Air Zermatt/CH), speaker in Saas Fee
Saturday, July 11, 2026
- Alpine Sports (6h practice)
- Sleep and Breathing at High Altitude (1h seminar)
Prof. Prof. (h.c.) Dr. med. Nikolaus Netzer (Bolzano, South Tyrol/IT, Bad Aibling/DE, Innsbruck/AT), speaker online - From High-Altitude to Intensive Care Medicine (1h seminar)
PD Dr. med. J. Knapp, DESA, EDIC (Bern/CH, Air-Glaciers, Air Zermatt, Swiss Air-Rescue Rega/CH), speaker in Saas Fee
Sunday, July 12, 2026
- Alpine Sports (4h practice until noon)
- Evaluation
- Departure
DIMM Refresher
Course Management
Mag. phil. Reinhard Pühringer PhD
Profile
- Sports Scientist (PhD)
- State-certified mountain and ski guide
- Ski and cross-country skiing instructor
- State-certified coach
- Travel agency business owner
- Professional photographer
- Organic farmer
Publications
Age-Dependent Health Status and Cardiorespiratory Fitness in Austrian Military Mountain Guides
Reinhard Puehringer 1 2 , Martin Berger 3 , Michael Said 3 , Martin Burtscher 1 2
Affiliations expand
PMID: 32757956 DOI: 10.1089/ham.2020.0092
Association Between Ferritin Levels and Altitude-Dependent Cardiorespiratory Fitness in Mountain Guides.
Pühringer R, Muckenthaler M, Burtscher M.
High Alt Med Biol. 2023 Jun;24(2):139-143. doi: 10.1089/ham.2023.0016. Epub 2023 May 3.
PMID: 37134197
Does Moderate Altitude Affect VO2max in Acclimatized Mountain Guides?
Pühringer R, Gatterer H, Berger M, Said M, Faulhaber M, Burtscher M.
High Alt Med Biol. 2022 Mar;23(1):37-42. doi: 10.1089/ham.2021.0081. Epub 2021 Dec 20.
PMID: 34939827
Prim. PD Dr. Peter Paal MBA PM.ME EDAIC EDIC ESRA-DRA FERC
Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine
Hospital of the Brothers of Charity Salzburg
Kajetanerplatz 1
A-5010 Salzburg
Profile
- Specialist in Anesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine
- President of the Austrian Board for Alpine Safety
- Scientific Director ICAR MEDCOM
- UIAA MEDCOM
- Mountain Rescue Service in the AVS
Alpine Medical Focus and Research
- Accidental Hypothermia and Avalanche
- Alpine Emergency Medicine
- Accident Research and Prevention
- Extreme environments