Rescue missions for totally buried avalanche victims: Conclusions from 12 years of experience

High Altitude Medicine and Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 229-233

  Hohlrieder, Matthias ^a,b,d   Thaler, Stephanie ^a   Wuertl, Walter ^b   Voelckel, Wolfgang ^a   Ulmer, Hanno ^b   Brugger, Hermann ^c   Mair, Peter ^a,b  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^b Austrian Mountain Rescue Service

^c South Tyrolean Alpine Association

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Avalanche dog; Avalanche probe; Avalanche rescue; Rescue equipment; Rescue mission

Indexed keywords

SNOW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AVALANCHE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISASTER; EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECREATION; RESCUE PERSONNEL; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVOR; TRANSCEIVER; VICTIM;

ADULT; AGED; ASPHYXIA; AUSTRIA; AVALANCHES; DISASTER PLANNING; DISASTERS; EMERGENCIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUNTAINEERING; RESCUE WORK; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; SNOW;

EID: 52449100427     PISSN: 15270297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ham.2007.1061     Document Type: Article

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