u/roughas

FACEM, background in retrieval/prehospital/expedition medicine. Tired of the usual CPD circuit — conference rooms, forgettable sim days — so I’ve started building CPD delivered in austere/expedition settings (ski touring, remote diving), where human factors and decision-making under pressure aren’t hypothetical.
Of note, this is not expedition medicine. It’s the CPD we need in challenging environments!

Mapped to ACEM and ACRRM, with flexibility to align to other college requirements where needed. First trip’s ski touring in Kyrgyzstan (Mar 2027), dive-based options coming after.

Not here to hard-sell — genuinely curious if this resonates with anyone else. Happy to send a short overview of the framework to anyone interested, no obligation.

For those of you who went the NSV route, how big or obvious is the scar? Obviously immediately afterwards isn’t going to be red. Maybe you had a suture. But 2 weeks later what was it like?

I have organised a CME trip to Kyrgyzstan where we
Will be doing a deep dive into challenging cases (the ones that kept us awake) as well as self present a topic of our own passion.

I already have 4 participants and ideally looking for 2 more.(there is an option for 8 more, but after 6, I need a second guide)

It’s a ski touring trip so an ability/prior experience in backcountry skiing is important, but would anyone here be interested.

For clarification
- 9 days leave March 14th from Bishkek
- lead by an IFMGA guide
- €1300 for accommodation, food, guiding and airport transfers.
- accommodation is mix of local guest house and yurts.
- currently the 4 are mixed ED consultants and prehospital ICP’s.

There is no real ski hire in Kyrgyzstan so you’d need to source your own backcountry gear including
- skis with touring bindings or split board
- touring boots
- avalanche beacon, shovel, probe. (And ideally have prior avalanche education)

This would better suit consultants than trainees. The goal is we will aim to tick some Education activities per ACEM’s CPD guidelines but also rack up good hours in Measuring Outcomes and Reviewing Performance.

I got in for free otherwise I wouldn’t have gone but Christ it’s another let down again this year.

It’s just eat, sleep, repeat with this event.

Love the visuals - always do.
- drinks: generally ok but overpriced
- food: always a massive let down. Mainly because it’s typically the same as previous and over priced large plates instead of small cheaper tasters
- the food also just isn’t that good or exciting.

It needs a massive overhaul to feel like a different event.

Does anyone have an understanding of when the benefits of PC will end with the new changes?

Predominately- status credits from reward flights (booked while PC still active but flown after it’s ended)

Has anyone here managed to swing an Ioniq 9 for under the LCT threshold.
Obviously that’s quite a price drop, but they must be aware of people targeting that.

Hey

Has anyone managed to get the earth model of a Kia ev9 under the Luxury car limit for FBT novated lease?