Cold exposure during helicopter rescue operations in the Western Alps

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 7-16

  Küpper, Thomas ^a,d   Steffgen, Jürgen ^b   Jansing, Paul ^c  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c Stt Inst Occup Safety/Health NRW   (Germany)

^d NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alpine rescue; Cold injuries; Helicopter rescue; Hypothermia; Mountain; Winch operations

Indexed keywords

HYPOTHERMIA; METEOROLOGICAL PROBLEMS; PERSONNEL;

COLD EXPOSURE;

HELICOPTER RESCUE SERVICES;

ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; COLD EXPOSURE; COLD INJURY; HELICOPTER; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; RESCUE PERSONNEL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SWITZERLAND;

AIR AMBULANCES; ALTITUDE; COLD; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RESCUE WORK; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEASONS; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 0037994170     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annhyg/meg008     Document Type: Article

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