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Title: The Human Behind The Factor: A Brief Look at How Context Informs Practice in Recreational Backcountry Users: Date: 2014-09-29; Authors: Maguire Laura; Description: Avalanche professionals have long debated human factors and nature of human error in avalanche incidents. But despite extensive research into the pers...; Object ID: ISSW14_paper_P3.19.pdf; Keywords: human factors, human error, resilience, intervention strategies, narrative inquiry, accident; View additional details about The Human Behind The Factor: A Brief Look at How Context Informs Practice in Recreational Backcountry Users

Title: Mapping of Avalanche Accidents in France: Build a GIS Tool: Date: 2014-09-29; Authors: Michael Deschatres, FrÃ©dÃ©ric Jarry, Dominique LÃ©tang, FranÃ§ois Rapin, Didier Richard, Nicolas Eckert, SÃ©bastien Escande, Eric Maldonado; Description: The French National Association for the Study of Snow and Avalanche, called ANENA, makes prevention on avalanche accidents in France. ANENA manages a ...; Object ID: ISSW14_paper_P4.09.pdf; Keywords: avalanche, avalanche accident, gis, geographic information system, map, localization; View additional details about Mapping of Avalanche Accidents in France: Build a GIS Tool

Title: Patterns of Recreational Backcountry Usage - Analyzing Data from Social Media Mountaineering Networks and Avalanche Statistics: Date: 2014-09-29; Authors: F. Techel, B. Zweifel, K. Winkler, R. Baur; Description: Most avalanche accidents involving people occur during recreational activities. So far, risk analysis studies mostly rely on accident statistics witho...; Object ID: ISSW14_paper_P4.17.pdf; Keywords: avalanche accident, avalanche risk, backcountry usage, avalanche danger, social media; View additional details about Patterns of Recreational Backcountry Usage - Analyzing Data from Social Media Mountaineering Networks and Avalanche Statistics

Title: Recreational Avalanche Accidents in Switzerland: Trends and Patterns With an Emphasis on Burial, Rescue Methods and Avalanche Danger: Date: 2013-10-07; Authors: Frank Techel, Benjamin Zweifel; Description: During the last 20 years (1992/93 to 2011/12) more than 90% of the avalanche fatalities in Switzerland occurred in uncontrolled avalanche terrain (rec...; Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P1-08.pdf; Keywords: avalanche accident, avalanche survival, mortality, rescue methods; View additional details about Recreational Avalanche Accidents in Switzerland: Trends and Patterns With an Emphasis on Burial, Rescue Methods and Avalanche Danger

Title: An Extraordinary Avalanche Winter in Troms, Norway - Special Avalanche Conditions â€“ and the Tromdalen Avalanche Disaster: Date: 2013-10-07; Authors: Ragnar Glomseth, Tor AndrÃ© Skjelbakken, Knut Fredriksen; Description: This winter (12/13) was one of the most challenging ever for the regional avalanche rescue team in TromsÃ¸, Norway, with (per 26 April) a total of 1...; Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P1-47.pdf; Keywords: avalanche, rescue, accident; View additional details about An Extraordinary Avalanche Winter in Troms, Norway - Special Avalanche Conditions â€“ and the Tromdalen Avalanche Disaster

Title: Telemedicine Backpack: Helping Rescue Teams to Send Vital Sign Measurements to Healthcare Professionals in Inaccessible Areas: Date: 2013-10-07; Authors: Avellanas M., Mayo S., RodrigÃ¡lvarez V., Coll J., Sierra M., AnglÃ©s R., Hurtado R.; Description: Supported by the Interregional Cooperation Program Spain-France-Andorra POCTEFA INTERREG IV A 2007-2013 as part of STIPP Project and with the aim of i...; Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P4-55.pdf; Keywords: telemedicine, backpack, mountain, healthcare, rescue, accident, vital signs, ecg; View additional details about Telemedicine Backpack: Helping Rescue Teams to Send Vital Sign Measurements to Healthcare Professionals in Inaccessible Areas

Title: Who Is Involved In Avalanche Accidents?: Date: 2012; Authors: Benjamin Zweifel, Frank Techel, Christian BjÃ¶rk; Description: Off-piste and backcountry skiers, snow-shoers, climbers, heli-skiers, hikers, ski patrollers and many more: The range of people who are involved in av...; Object ID: issw-2012-234-239.pdf; Keywords: avalanche accidents, avalanche accident statistics, human factors; View additional details about Who Is Involved In Avalanche Accidents?

Title: Skiers, Trees and Avalanches: A Murderous Triad: Date: 2012; Authors: Dale Atkins; Description: Many skiers and snowboarders perceive treed slopes as less dangerous during periods of unstable snow. In recent years a growing number of accidents ha...; Object ID: issw-2012-736-739.pdf; Keywords: avalanche, accident, fatalities, trees, skier, pedestrian, collisions, motor vehicles; View additional details about Skiers, Trees and Avalanches: A Murderous Triad

Title: Rescue Compass â€“ A Decision Making Tool for Avalanche Rescue: Date: 2012; Authors: Michael BrÃ¼ndl, Hans-JÃ¼rg Etter; Description: During avalanche rescue operations rescuers can face considerable risk, while the degree of risk a rescuer should take to save a life is open to deba...; Object ID: issw-2012-746-749.pdf; Keywords: avalanche rescue, avalanche accident, decision support, risk management; View additional details about Rescue Compass â€“ A Decision Making Tool for Avalanche Rescue

Title: Avalanche Accident Risk Reduction Tools in a North American Context: Date: 2012; Authors: Bob Uttl, Joanna McDouall, Christina Mitchell, Carmela A. White; Description: Over the last decade, a number of avalanche risk reduction tools have been developed to assist recreational winter backcountry users avoid avalanche a...; Object ID: issw-2012-834-839.pdf; Keywords: accident prevention, risk reduction tools, risk, decision making; View additional details about Avalanche Accident Risk Reduction Tools in a North American Context

Title: Evaluating the Avaluator Avalanche Accident Prevention Card 2.0: Date: 2012; Authors: Bob Uttl, Joanna McDouall, Christina Mitchell; Description: The Avaluator Avalanche Accident Prevention Card (Haegeli & McCammon, 2006), consisting of the Trip Planner and Obvious Clues, was marketed by the Ca...; Object ID: issw-2012-840-847.pdf; Keywords: avaluator avalanche accident prevention card, accident prevention, risk reduction tools, risk, decision making; View additional details about Evaluating the Avaluator Avalanche Accident Prevention Card 2.0

Title: Transceiver Performance When Searching for Multiple Burials: Date: 2012; Authors: JÃ¼rg Schweizer, Manuel Genswein, Fred Jarry, Dominique LÃ©tang; Description: Two large scale field tests at Davos (Switzerland) and on Col du Lautaret (France) focusing on the performance of avalanche rescue transceivers in mul...; Object ID: issw-2012-341-347.pdf; Keywords: avalanche transceivers, multiple burials, avalanche accident; View additional details about Transceiver Performance When Searching for Multiple Burials

Title: Spatial, Temporal, and Space-Time Analysis of Fatal Avalanche Accidents in Colorado and the United States, 1991 to 2011: Date: 2012; Authors: Spencer Logan, Frank Witmer; Description: An analysis of fatal avalanche accidents in the state of Colorado (CO) and the United States (US) for 20 winters from 1990-91 to 2010-11, compared tem...; Object ID: issw-2012-479-486.pdf; Keywords: accident fatality, cluster analysis, statistics; View additional details about Spatial, Temporal, and Space-Time Analysis of Fatal Avalanche Accidents in Colorado and the United States, 1991 to 2011

Title: Pitfalls in Development of Avalanche Accident Risk Reduction Tools: Date: 2010; Authors: Bob Uttl, James Taylor, Jan Uttl; Description: We present a new avalanche accident prevention tool for recreational backcountry users: the 7CF. We evaluated the new tool's effectiveness on hundreds...; Object ID: ISSW_O-023.pdf; Keywords: avaluator avalanche accident prevention card, obvious clues, risk reduction, avalanche accidents; View additional details about Pitfalls in Development of Avalanche Accident Risk Reduction Tools

Title: Ethics of Experimenting With People's Lives in Winter Backcountry: Date: 2010; Authors: Bob Uttl, Dylan Smibert, Alain Morin, Gregory Wells, Jan Uttl, Breanne Hamper; Description: The purpose of the Avaluator Avalanche Accident Prevention Card, designed by Haegeli and McCammon (2006) and published by the Canadian Avalanche Assoc...; Object ID: ISSW_P-055.pdf; Keywords: ethics, avaluator avalanche accident prevention card, accident prevention, risk reduction tools, risk, decision making; View additional details about Ethics of Experimenting With People's Lives in Winter Backcountry

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