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- Title: SHRINE BOWL AVALANCHE CASE STUDY: LESSONS IN EXPECTATIONS
- Date: 2026-09-28
- Authors: Aaron Parmet, Drew Gibson
- Description: This case study of an outlier in avalanche rescue survival provides an opportunity to examine how expectation-based heuristics influence operational j...
- Object ID: ISSW2026_FS3.4.pdf
- Keywords: avalanche rescue, search and rescue, long avalanche burial, cognitive heuristics, expectation bias, decision-making
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- Title: TO PROBE OR NOT TO PROBE: EVALUATING FINE SEARCH STANDARDS AND THE ROLE OF PROBING IN SHALLOW BURIAL PROFESSIONAL RESCUE SCENARIOS
- Date: 2026-09-28
- Authors: Ben Merkle
- Description: The first thirty minutes of the avalanche burial survival curve are the steepest, and even small time savings in gaining airway access can improve pat...
- Object ID: ISSW2026_P2.17.pdf
- Keywords: avalanche rescue, professional rescue, shallow burial, probe, fine search
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- Title: SHOULD AVALANCHE AIRBAGS BE MANDITORY?
- Date: 2024-09-23
- Authors: Christopher Van Tilburg MD
- Description: Avalanche airbag backpacks have been shown to be effective at reducing avalanche fatalities. However, they are yet to be considered mandatory safety e...
- Object ID: ISSW2024_O11.3.pdf
- Keywords: avalanche, airbag, burial
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- Title: DEATH OF BACKCOUNTRY WINTER-SPORTS PRACTITIONERS IN AVALANCHES -- A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW AND META-ANALYSIS OF PROPORTION OF CAUSES OF AVALANCHE DEATH
- Date: 2024-09-23
- Authors: Rong Guang, Lauri Ahonen, Gerit Pfuhl, Benjamin Ultan Cowley
- Description: Avalanches are a significant natural hazard that can lead to fatal outcomes for winter-sports enthusiasts. Our study provides a comprehensive analysis...
- Object ID: ISSW2024_P11.8.pdf
- Keywords: avalanche burial, autopsy, asphyxia, hypothermia, trauma
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- Title: DIG CLOSE, DIG FAST. A STUDY ON THE CONSEQUENCES OF EXCAVATION START POINT CHOICE IN AVALANCHE COMPANION RESCUE
- Date: 2023-10-08
- Authors: Davide Rogora, Gianni Perelli Ercolini
- Description: An effective avalanche companion rescue requires acting against the clock. Analysis of intervention protocols has long pointed out that the most time-...
- Object ID: ISSW2023_O12.04.pdf
- Keywords: digging distance, burial depth, companion rescue
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- Title: Monitoring of subjects during avalanche breathing experiments - possible errors
- Date: 2018-10-07
- Authors: Lenka Horakova, Ladislav Sieger, Karel Sykora, Karel Roubik
- Description: The gas exchange and work of breathing in avalanche burial victims have been a subject of numerous field experiments with healthy volunteers. The vita...
- Object ID: ISSW2018_P16.4.pdf
- Keywords: avalanche burial, outdoor experiments, hypoxia, pulse oximetry, technical limits
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- Title: The Effectiveness and Retention of Minimal Transceiver, Shovel and Probe Companion Rescue Training
- Date: 2018-10-07
- Authors: Derek Bain
- Description: The deployment of Transceiver, Shovel and Probe (TSP) in guided groups often requires client training in order to have confidence that the equipment c...
- Object ID: ISSW2018_P16.7.pdf
- Keywords: tsp, rescue, burial, companion, training
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- Title: Body Positions of Buried Avalanche Victims
- Date: 2016-10-02
- Authors: Daniel K. Kornhall, Spencer Logan, Thomas Dolven
- Description: The body position of a buried avalanche victim can complicate rescuer's initial medical management. The Colorado Avalanche Information Center maintain...
- Object ID: ISSW16_P3.21.pdf
- Keywords: accidents, avalanche burial, avalanche rescue, prehospital care, wilderness medicine
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- Title: Buried Alive: Examining Assumptions Concerning Prolonged Burials and Avalanche Rescue
- Date: 2014-09-29
- Authors: Scott Savage, Dale Atkins, Terry O'Connor
- Description: The probability of surviving an avalanche burial decreases dramatically after 10-18 minutes, and we teach students they are their partners' best chanc...
- Object ID: ISSW14_paper_O15.01.pdf
- Keywords: avalanche burial, avalanche rescue, prolonged, shallow
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- Title: Evidence Supporting the Efficacy of Avalanche Airbags and the Development of the Remote Airbag Activation on Snowmobiles
- Date: 2013-10-07
- Authors: Franz KROELL
- Description: This paper will look at the efficacy and limitations of the Avalanche Airbag for Backcountry skier, Freerider and Snowmobiler using current statistics...
- Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P4-59.pdf
- Keywords: avalanche airbag, effectiveness, snowmobile, remote activation, wireless activation, rate of burial, rate of survival
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- Title: How Effective Are Avalanche Airbags? Field Tests of Avalanche Safety Equipment
- Date: 2012
- Authors: Lorenz Meier, Stephan Harvey
- Description: Avalanche transceiver – shovel – probe. This still is the standard equipment recommended for touring in the backcountry. More and more, ...
- Object ID: issw-2012-756-763.pdf
- Keywords: avalanche airbags, avalanche safety equipment, avalanche deposits, avalanche burial
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- Title: Adherence to Risk Prevention and Safety Measures in Backcountry Winter Recreationists
- Date: 2012
- Authors: Procter E., Strapazzon G., Staffler HP, Preindl A., Seebacher F., Castlunger L., Ebner I., Brugger H.
- Description: Rapid extrication within 10-20 minutes of complete avalanche burial is essential for survival (Haegeli et al. 2011). Safety equipment, along with basi...
- Object ID: issw-2012-827-830.pdf
- Keywords: avalanche burial, backcountry, avalanche risk, avalanche safety equipment
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- Title: What Can Avalanche Burials Hear? Acoustic Characteristics of Snow Packs and Their Relation to Input Sounds
- Date: 2012
- Authors: Ken-Ichi Sakakibara, Katuhiro Maki, Kimiko Yamakawa, Shigeaki Amano
- Description: In this paper, acoustic characteristic of sound insulation of two different snow packs: (1) a natural snow pack; and (2) a compressed snow by stomping...
- Object ID: issw-2012-1011-1016.pdf
- Keywords: acoustics, snow pack, ski poles, snow burial
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- Title: The ABC’s (and D) of Digging: Avalanche Shoveling Distilled to the Basics
- Date: 2010
- Authors: Bruce Edgerly
- Description: It’s not sexy, but it sure saves lives. Over the past four years, shoveling has become an increasingly important aspect of recreational and pro...
- Object ID: ISSW_P-052.pdf
- Keywords: digging, strategic shoveling, survey, burial, depth
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- Title: Multiple Burial Beacon Searches with Marking Functions
- Date: 2008-09-22
- Authors: Thomas S. Lund
- Description: Locating multiple buried avalanche victims can be a difficult job for the average recreationalist. To simplify the task, modern avalanche beacons have...
- Object ID: P__8103.pdf
- Keywords: avalanche beacon, transceiver, marking, multiple burial, signal overlap
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