When: Monday, March 22nd 7-9 PM
What: Expedition Medicine with Dr. Matt Lewin
Where: Atlas Cafe, 3049 20th St @ Alabama St. in the Mission District
The Deets:
Deadly spiders, venomous snakes, poisonous birds, oh my! What do you do when you are a field biologist on an expedition in a remote part of the world, like the Gobi Desert, and you have a sudden medical emergency? You call the Doctor! Dr. Matt Lewin, former director of Emergency Medicine research at UCSF, travels to the field with biologists to make use of everything he knows about expedition medicine. You will be amazed at what he comes up with to save lives with nothing but the supplies he huffs in on his back. Come learn how he uses leeches and just about anything else he can find to protect the health of our researchers in the field. And in a tribute to our inner MacGyver, Matt will help us put together a field ER kit using materials found at the cafe.