Mountain
Emergency Medicine
Course Summer
Mountain Emergency Medicine (MEM) Course Summer including canyoning and AHEMS topics according to ICAR, ISMM, UIAA regulations.
Practicing Emergency Medical Service in the mountains can be extremely challenging. High altitude, extreme temperatures, strong winds, unpredictable weather, weight issues, limited resources and no place for mistakes.
With more than 50 years’ experience and over 50 000 helicopter rescues, we are offering to transfer our knowledge and experience with courses on a high level that prepares you for demanding rescues under extreme conditions.
Next course
Date: | September 6 - 13, 2025 |
Course price: | CHF 6200 per person |
Included: | Course fee, helicopter flight time, accommodation (hotel & mountain hut), hotel night starting from the night before the course starts. Single room while in Zermatt, multiple beds while in Ticino for canyoning training. During the course days in Zermatt: breakfast and lunch. During the course days in Ticino: breakfast and dinner (lunch inside the canyon in form of snacks). |
Not included: | Gear rental, dinner while being in Zermatt |
Course language: | The main language of instruction is English. |
Requirements
- Working as a healthcare professional or as a rescuer for a medical/rescue organization
- Active mountaineer
- You must be able to master the following knots prior the course: Italian hitch, figure of 8, clove hitch, overhand slip knot, fisherman knot, prusik
Pretest
You will receive a pretest approximately 4 weeks before course starts by e-mail. You can either send it back electronically or turn it in on the first day before the course starts.
Course program
Download the course program here. This program will change according to weather and snow-conditions. We kindly request that we stay flexible and adapt according to those factors. Course includes in the program canyoning, Helicopter Underwater Escape Training (HUET) and AHEMS topics according to DiMM regulations (ICAR, ISMM, UIAA).
Equipment list
You will find the complete equipment list in the course details. Download it here.
Please contact the course instructor by e-mail at training@air-zermatt.ch if you have any questions regarding the equipment. Gear rental shops are available in Zermatt.
How to get to Zermatt
We advise to fly either to ZRH or GVA and taking the train to Zermatt. From ZRH it is a very convenient train ride to Zermatt, changing the train only once. We suggest to book the train ticket 4 weeks prior by following this link: www.sbb.ch. The earlier you buy it, the cheaper the tickets are. Directions to Zermatt helibase click here
Terms and Conditions
By booking the course, participants expressly accept our effective General Terms and Conditions statement.
Accreditation
Our course program is certified by the International Commission for Alpine Rescue (ICAR), the International Society for Mountain Medicine (ISMM) and by the International Mountaineering and Climbing Federation (UIAA) and meets and exceeds the criteria of the „Specialty Course Mountain Emergency Medicine“ including the „Add-on Module Air Rescue“ by far.
International Diploma of Mountain Emergency Medicine ICAR UIAA ISMM
If you also are an emergency physician, paramedic or any other advanced medical provider and if you hold the International Diploma for Mountain Medicine (DiMM), you can be accredited for the International Diploma for Mountain Emergency Medicine (DiMEM) after completing our course. We recommend to earn the DiMM through the University of New Mexico, as they are holding a very high course standard and are closely affiliated with Air Zermatt.
Continues Medical Education Credits
SGNOR (Swiss Society for Emergency and Rescue Medicine): 20 CMEs
IACCFP (International Association for Critical Care and Flight Paramedics)
10 non-medical / 5 medical CMEs
Download further information here:
If you have any questions or wish to register by telephone, please contact us on +41 27 570 70 70 or by e-mail at training@air-zermatt.ch.
For online registration click here