Citation

Van Tilburg C, Grissom CK, Zafren K, McIntosh S, Radwin MI, Paal P, Haegeli P, Smith WW, Wheeler AR, Weber D, Tremper B, Brugger H. Wilderness Environ. Med. 2017; 28(1): 23-42.

Affiliation

International Commission for Mountain Emergency Medicine (Drs Brugger, Paal, and Zafren); EURAC Institute of Mountain Emergency Medicine, Bolzano, Italy (Dr Brugger).

Copyright

(Copyright © 2017, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.wem.2016.10.004

PMID

28257714

Abstract

To provide guidance to clinicians and avalanche professionals about best practices, the Wilderness Medical Society convened an expert panel to develop evidence-based guidelines for the prevention, rescue, and medical management of avalanche and nonavalanche snow burial victims. Recommendations are graded on the basis of quality of supporting evidence according to the classification scheme of the American College of Chest Physicians.

Copyright © 2017. Published by Elsevier Inc.

Language: en

Keywords

air pocket; airbags; avalanche; hypothermia; rescue; resuscitation; snow burial; wilderness medicine