Winter Course 1/2027
Ski touring, snowboarding, or snowshoeing course. Medical focus areas include cold and avalanche medicine.
Ski mountaineering course with medical focus on cold, avalanche, altitude, and internal medicine
Saturday, January 23 to Friday, January 29, 2027
Heidelberger Hütte
The International Courses in Alpine Medicine (DIMM) are held in cooperation with the Alpinärzteschmiede. Registration for the course takes place via the Alpinärzteschmiede website.
Winter Course 1
Info & Program
The preliminary course program for download will follow!
Price: €1,970 excl. accommodation, lift and luggage transport
Alpine Medicine Seminars
Provision of specialized knowledge by subject-specific experts on the following topics
- Hypothermia and avalanche medicine (2 hours)
- Radiation damage to skin and eyes in the mountains (2 hours)
- Alpine traumatology part 1 (2 hours)
- Local cold injuries (2 hours)
- Internal medicine (3 hours)
- High and extreme altitude medicine (4 hours)
- High altitude trekking and mountaineering (2 hours)
- Pre-acclimatization (1 hour)
- Limits of performance in alpine sports at various altitudes (2 hours)
- Orthopedic conditions and injuries in mountaineering (2 hours)
Alpine medicine practical exercises
- Medical emergency care at the accident site
- Medical care in emergency bivouac
- Rescue and resuscitation after avalanche burial
- Survival strategies in alpine terrain
- Hyperbaric emergency therapy in the field
Alpinistic Training
This consists of teaching knowledge and skills for independent execution of ski, snowboard, or snowshoe tours. Tour planning, snow and avalanche science, orientation in theory and practice in small groups of maximum 6 persons per mountain guide.
Winter Course 3
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 license holder
- 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
Head Physician (Prim.) PD Dr. Peter Paal, MBA, PM.ME, EDAIC, EDIC, ESRA-DRA, FERC
Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine
Hospital of the Brothers of Mercy Salzburg
Kajetanerplatz 1
A-5010 Salzburg
Profile
- Specialist in anaesthesia and intensive care medicine
- President, Austrian Board for Alpine Safety
- Scientific Director, ICAR MEDCOM
- UIAA MEDCOM
- BRD in the AVS
Alpine medicine focus areas and research
- Accidental hypothermia and avalanche
- Alpine emergency medicine
- Accident research and prevention
- Extreme environments
DIMM Examination Dates
The Austrian-German Alpine Medicine training program, recognized worldwide by the UIAA (Union Internationale des Associations d’Alpinisme), ICAR (International Commission for Alpine Rescue), and ISMM (International Society for Mountain Medicine), can be completed once annually with the following qualifications: Diploma in Mountain Medicine and Diploma in Expedition and Wilderness Medicine.