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For Immediate Release
March 14, 2000

UNCA Hosts Travel and Wilderness Medicine Symposium March 18

UNCA's Student Hippocrates Organization will host a Travel and Wilderness Medicine Symposium 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, March 18, in UNCA's Owen Conference Center. The symposium is open to the public.

The symposium will include lecture sessions and hands-on workshops. Topics covered will include hypothermic and hyperthermic emergencies, whitewater injuries, useful and harmful flora and tick borne illnesses.

The $8 registration fee covers all presentations and workshops. Advanced registration is not required. Registration begins at 7:15 a.m. in the lobby of Owen Conference Center.

For more information, call conference coordinator Laura Best at 828/281-3825.

Media Contacts:

  • Laura Best, UNCA Student Hippocrates Organization president, 828/281-3825
  • Jill Yarnall, UNCA Public Information assistant, 828/251-6526

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