Current status of medical training in mountain rescue in America and Europe

High Altitude Medicine and Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 195-200

  Elsensohn, Fidel ^a   Niederklapfer, Thomas ^b   Ellerton, John ^a,c   Swangard, Michael ^a,d   Brugger, Hermann ^e   Paal, Peter ^a,f  

^a International Commission for Mountain Emergency Medicine   (Austria)

^b INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^c Mountain Rescue Council England and Wales   (United Kingdom)

^d Mountain Rescue Council England and Wales ^*  (Canada)

^e Mountain Rescue Service Provided by the South Tyrolean Alpine Association   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Basic life support; Cardiopulmonary resuscitation; Emergency medicine service; First aid; Mountain rescue; Training

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; COLD INJURY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FIRST AID; HEAT INJURY; HYPOTHERMIA; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESCUE PERSONNEL; RESUSCITATION; THORAX INJURY;

ALTITUDE; CERTIFICATION; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; EUROPE; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESCUE WORK; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70349222859     PISSN: 15270297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ham.2008.1074     Document Type: Article

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