Day 1: Tuesday 23 May 2017
Day 1: Tuesday 23 May 2017
08.30-09.00 Registration and tea and coffee
Chairs: Professor Mike Grocott and Dr Daniel Martin
09.00-11.00 SESSION 1: OXYGEN IN CONTEXT Mike Grocott
09.05-09.30 Who discovered oxygen? John West
09.30-09.55 The story of altitude research Jim Milledge
09.55-10.20 Anthropology of environmental hypoxia Cynthia Beall
10.20-10.30 DISCUSSION
10.30-11.00 COFFEE
11.00-12.30 SESSION 2: OXYGEN PHYSIOLOGY Daniel Martin
11.00-11.25 Measuring blood gases John Severinghaus
11.25-12.50 Cardio-pulmonary physiology John Nunn
11.50-12.15 Physiological Determinants of Exercise Intolerance at High Altitude Sue Ward
12.15-12.30 DISCUSSION
12.30-13.30 LUNCH
13.30- 15.00 SESSION 3: OXYGEN IN CLINICAL PRACTICE Mike Grocott
13.30-13.55 Optimising oxygen delivery: old news? Monty Mythen
13.55-14.20 Do patients acclimatize? Hugh Montgomery
14.20-14.45 Oxygen therapy: permissive hypoxaemia? Dan Martin
14.45-15.00 DISCUSSION
15.00-15.30 COFFEE
15.30-17.00 SESSION 4: ALTITUDE MEDICINE Denny Levett
15.30-15.55 High altitude and acclimatization Erik Swenson
15.55-16.20 Altitude illness Marco Maggiorini
16.20-16.45 Altitude illness treatments Peter Bartsch
16.45-17.00 DISCUSSION
17.00-17.45 SESSION 5: IN CONVERSATION Ned Gilbert
End of day one: in conversation with (45 minutes)
Ned Gilbert with John West, John Severinghaus, Jim Milledge and Tom Hornbein