VANCOUVER ALTITUDE MEDICINE CLINIC
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Are you (or your patients) travelling to altitude or working at altitude with medical concerns?
What is the most evidence based method for preventing acute mountain sickness (AMS)? What about high altitude pulmonary edema (HAPE)?
How should a patient with high blood pressure, or asthma prepare for a trip to Nepal or a ski trip to Aspen?
What about that geologist going to work at a mine in the Andes?
What a runner competing in the Denver Marathon do for preparation?
Announcing the Altitude Illness Clinic at the Allan McGavin Sport Medicine Centre. This service is for patients (in or near Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada) of any age, fitness and medical background who will be travelling to altitude, or have just returned from altitude with medical concerns.
The clinic is located in the Allan McGavin Sport Medicine Centre, at 3055 Wesbrook Mall, on the UBC campus in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
To arrange a rapid appointment, call:
t-604.822.3614
This consultation is not covered by the BC medical service plan (MSP) unless your physician faxes a referral letter to f-604.822.9058.
Patients will be contacted directly by our clinic staff to arrange an appointment time.