Spring Course 3/2026
Sport Climbing Course in the Tyrolean Oberland climbing paradise for all skill levels, including medical focus areas from travel and tropical medicine, internal medicine, and sports medicine for pediatric and youth alpinism
Sport Climbing Course in the Tyrolean Oberland climbing paradise for all skill levels, including medical focus areas from travel and tropical medicine, internal medicine, and sports medicine for pediatric and youth alpinism
Sat., September 5 – Friday, September 11, 2026
U Alm, Untermarkter Alm, 6460 Imst
The International Courses for Alpine Medicine (DIMM) are organized in cooperation with Alpinärzteschmiede. Registration for the course takes place via the Alpinärzteschmiede website.
Spring Course 3
Info & Program
Detailed program to follow!
Price: €1,840, excl. accommodation
Alpine Medical Seminars
Alpine and high-altitude medical overview lectures on the following topics:
- Alpine Performance Physiology and Sports Medicine (2 hours)
- Alpine Suitability Criteria from an Internal Medicine Perspective (3 hours)
- Mountaineering with Pre-existing Internal Medical Conditions – The Ill Person in the Mountains (3 hours)
- Internal Medical Emergencies in the Mountains (1 hour)
- Fatigue, Exhaustion, Physiological Survival Strategies in the Mountains (1 hour)
- Alpine Travel Medicine (1 hour)
- Physiology and Medicine of Moderate, High, and Extreme Altitudes (7 hours)
- Modern High-Altitude Mountaineering (2 hours)
Alpine Medical Practical Exercises
- First Aid at the Accident Site
- Improvised Mountain Rescue Techniques and Evacuation in Difficult Terrain
Alpine Training
Imparting knowledge and skills in easy to moderately difficult rock climbing by learning or improving alpine technique and personal ability, with the aim for particularly interested or capable participants to safely complete a climb of medium length (approx. 300 vertical meters) up to difficulty level IV in an independent rope team.
Spring Course 3
Course Management
Mag. phil. Reinhard Pühringer PhD
Profile
- Sports Scientist (PhD)
- State-certified Mountain and Ski Guide
- Ski and Cross-country Ski Instructor
- State-certified Trainer
- Commercial Travel Agency 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 Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine
Hospital of the Brothers of Mercy Salzburg
Kajetanerplatz 1
A-5010 Salzburg
Profile
- Specialist in Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine
- President of the Austrian Board for Alpine Safety
- Scientific Director ICAR MEDCOM
- UIAA MEDCOM
- BRD in AVS
Alpine Medical Focus Areas and Research
- Accidental Hypothermia and Avalanche
- Alpine Emergency Medicine
- Accident Research and Prevention
- Extreme Environments