Does Rescue Collapse Mandate a Paradigm Shift in the Field Management of Avalanche Victims?

High Alt Med Biol. 2015 Jun;16(2):171-2. doi: 10.1089/ham.2015.0012. Epub 2015 May 6.

Authors

Mathieu Pasquier¹, Marc Blancher², Grégoire Zen Ruffinen³, Olivier Hugli¹

Affiliations

¹ 1 Emergency Service, University Hospital Centre , Lausanne, Switzerland .
² 2 SAMU 38, Pôle Urgences-Médecine Aiguë, CHU de Grenoble , Grenoble, France .
³ 3 Air-Glaciers SA et GRIMM, Maison FXB du Sauvetage , Sion, Switzerland .

PMID: 25946378
DOI: 10.1089/ham.2015.0012

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Asphyxia / complications
Avalanches*
Disaster Victims*
Heart Arrest / diagnosis*
Heart Arrest / etiology
Humans
Hypothermia / complications
Rescue Work / methods*
Survival*
Vital Signs