The Avalanche Victim Resuscitation Checklist, a new concept for the management of avalanche victims

Alexandre Kottmann; Marc Blancher; Thierry Spichiger; Fidel Elsensohn; Dominique Létang; Jeff Boyd; Giacomo Strapazzon; John Ellerton; Hermann Brugger

doi:10.1016/j.resuscitation.2015.03.009

The Avalanche Victim Resuscitation Checklist, a new concept for the management of avalanche victims

Resuscitation. 2015 Jun:91:e7-8. doi: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2015.03.009. Epub 2015 Mar 19.

Authors

Alexandre Kottmann¹, Marc Blancher², Thierry Spichiger³, Fidel Elsensohn⁴, Dominique Létang⁵, Jeff Boyd⁶, Giacomo Strapazzon⁷, John Ellerton⁸, Hermann Brugger⁹

Affiliations

¹ Swiss Air Ambulance Rega, P.O. Box 1414, CH-8058 Zurich Airport, Switzerland; Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, Switzerland; Swiss Society for Mountain Medicine, Switzerland; International Commission for Mountain Emergency Medicine ICAR MEDCOM, Switzerland. Electronic address: alex.kottmann@me.com.
² Emergency Department, University Hospital of Grenoble, boulevard de la chantourne, BP 217, 38043 Grenoble Cedex 9, France; French Mountain Rescue Association ANMSM, France; International Commission for Mountain Emergency Medicine ICAR MEDCOM, France.
³ Swiss Air Ambulance Rega, Swiss Alpine Rescue, P.O. Box 1414, CH-8058 Zurich Airport, Switzerland.
⁴ International Commission for Mountain Emergency Medicine ICAR MEDCOM, Schloesslestrasse 36, Roethis A-6832, Austria.
⁵ Association Nationale pour l'Étude de la Neige et des Avalanches ANENA, 15, rue Ernest Calvat, Grenoble F-38000, France; ICAR Avalanche Commission, France.
⁶ International Commission for Mountain Emergency Medicine ICAR MEDCOM, Canada; International Federation of Mountain Guides, Switzerland; Department of Emergency Medicine, Mineral Springs Hospital, Box 400, Bow Avenue, Banff, AB T1L 1A5, Canada.
⁷ EURAC Institute of Mountain Emergency Medicine, Drususallee 1, I-39100 Bozen/Bolzano, Italy; International Commission for Mountain Emergency Medicine ICAR MEDCOM, Italy.
⁸ International Commission for Mountain Emergency Medicine ICAR MEDCOM, United Kingdom; Birbeck Medical Group, Penrith, Cumbria CA10 3AZ, United Kingdom.
⁹ EURAC Institute of Mountain Emergency Medicine, Drususallee 1, Bozen/Bolzano I-39100, Italy; International Commission for Mountain Emergency Medicine ICAR MEDCOM, Italy.

PMID: 25796998
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2015.03.009

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Avalanches
Checklist / methods*
Disaster Victims*
Guideline Adherence
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice*
Humans
Resuscitation / methods*