Remaining places Spring Course 3 in September 2026
Sport climbing course in the climbing paradise of the Tyrolean Oberland with medical focuses on internal alpine medicine, child and youth alpinism, and orthopedics
Sport climbing course in the climbing paradise of the Tyrolean Oberland with medical focuses on internal alpine medicine, child and youth alpinism, and orthopedics
Saturday, September 5 to Friday, September 11, 2026
Muttekopfhütte, Hoch-Imst, 6460 Imst
The International Courses in Alpine Medicine (DIMM) are held in cooperation with the Alpinärzteschmiede. Registration for the course takes place via the Alpinärzteschmiede website.
Spring Course 2
Info & Program
Course ID to follow!
Price: €1,840 excl. accommodation, lift and luggage transport
Alpine Medicine Seminars
Alpine and high-altitude medical overview lectures on the following topics:
- Alpinistic Performance Physiology and Sports Medicine (2 hours)
- Alpinistic 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 Medicine Practical Exercises
- First Aid at the Accident Site
- Improvised Mountain Rescue Techniques and Evacuation in Difficult Terrain
Alpinistic Training
Imparting knowledge and skills in easy to moderately difficult rock climbing by learning or improving alpinistic technique and personal ability, whereby for particularly interested or capable participants, the goal can be to safely master an ascent of medium length (approx. 300 vertical meters) up to difficulty level IV in an independent rope team.
Spring Course 2
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
- 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 Anesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine
Hospital of the Brothers of Mercy Salzburg
Kajetanerplatz 1
A-5010 Salzburg
Profile
- Specialist in Anesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine
- President 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