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Title: A Systematic Approach to Optimize Avalanche Beacon Design for Minimum Search Time: Date: 2008-09-22; Authors: Rolf Matzner; Description: The time required to search a buried person using an avalanche beacon contributes significantly to the overall rescue time. This paper investigates th...; Object ID: P__8080.pdf; Keywords: avalanche beacon, safety, multi-burial; View additional details about A Systematic Approach to Optimize Avalanche Beacon Design for Minimum Search Time

Title: Digging Deeper: Uncovering the Real Issues in North American Multiple Burials: Date: 2008-09-22; Authors: Bruce Edgerly, Jon Mullen; Description: For avalanche educators, time is precious. When teaching avalanche rescue to recreationists, what takes priority? To determine what the crux issues ar...; Object ID: P__8201.pdf; Keywords: avalanche beacon, transceiver, avalanche education, multiple burial, shoveling, excavation; View additional details about Digging Deeper: Uncovering the Real Issues in North American Multiple Burials

Title: Rewarming Mild Hypothermia After Avalanche Burial: Date: 2006; Authors: Colin K. Grissom, Chris H. Harmston, John C. McAlpine, Martin I. Radwin, Brad Ellington, Ellie Hirshberg; Description: Purpose: To determine if mildly hypothermic avalanche burial victims can be rewarmed in the field we measured esophageal core body temperature (Tes) d...; Object ID: issw-2006-513-521.pdf; Keywords: avalanche burial, avalanche rescue, hypothermia, afterdrop; View additional details about Rewarming Mild Hypothermia After Avalanche Burial

Title: Analysis of Signal Accumulation of Avalanche Transceivers During Multiple Burial Scenarios: Date: 2006; Authors: Markus Eck, Rudi Sackl, Michael Schober; Description: More and more avalanche transceivers are becoming highly sophisticated signal processing units - not least due to the challenge of solving multiple bu...; Object ID: issw-2006-628.pdf; Keywords: transceivers, burial, victims, signals; View additional details about Analysis of Signal Accumulation of Avalanche Transceivers During Multiple Burial Scenarios

Title: Hypothermia During Avalanche Burial: Date: 2004; Authors: Colin K. Grissom, Chris H. Harmston, Martin I. Radwin, Mary Beth Scholand, John C. McAlpine, J. Scott Morgan, Tim J. Bywater, Abigail W. Grissom; Description: Core body temperature cooling during avalanche burial results in hypothermia, and further core temperature cooling during extrication and evacuation ...; Object ID: issw-2004-372-381.pdf; Keywords: hypothermia, snow burial, victims, avalanche, medical care; View additional details about Hypothermia During Avalanche Burial

Title: Prolonged Oxygenation During Snow Burial; The Role of Carbon Dioxide Exclusion: Date: 2000; Authors: Martin I. Radwin, Colin K. Grissom, Mary Beth Scholand, Chris H. Harmston; Description: Asphyxiation, the cause of death in more than seventy five percent avalanche burial victims, is greatly accelerated by the rapid accumulation of exhal...; Object ID: issw-2000-378-381.pdf; Keywords: snow burial, asphyxiation, carbon dioxide; View additional details about Prolonged Oxygenation During Snow Burial; The Role of Carbon Dioxide Exclusion

Title: Avalanche on Newberry Crater - A Firsthand Account of a Snowmobiler Avalanche Accident and the Subsequent Rescue - January 15,1998: Date: 1998; Authors: Brian Sali, Art Keys, Pam Hayes, Mark Moore; Description: Avalanche accident statistics for North America since 1990 indicate an alarming increase in avalanche incidents involving snowmobilers. This increase ...; Object ID: issw-1998-095-109.pdf; Keywords: avalanche accident, avalanche incident, burial, victim, rescue; View additional details about Avalanche on Newberry Crater - A Firsthand Account of a Snowmobiler Avalanche Accident and the Subsequent Rescue - January 15,1998

Title: Decision-Making on Variable Risk Terrain: Date: 1996; Authors: Dick Penniman, Rene Boisselle; Description: The likelihood of severe injury or death increases when avalanche victims encounter strong destructive forces within moving debris, and/or they impact...; Object ID: issw-1996-067-072.pdf; Keywords: backcountry, burial, force, obstacle, risk; View additional details about Decision-Making on Variable Risk Terrain

Title: Drew's Slide: A Case Study of Computer Use in the Jackson Hole Avalanche Forecast Office: Date: 1992; Authors: Larry Livingood, Jake Elkins; Description: At 10:03 April 3. 1992 an off-duty Jackson Hole Ski Instructor and a companion, were caught in a backcountry avalanche initiated from above by a third...; Object ID: issw-1992-096.pdf; Keywords: rescue, burial, rescue dogs; View additional details about Drew's Slide: A Case Study of Computer Use in the Jackson Hole Avalanche Forecast Office

Title: Avalanche Evaluation and Safety in the Back-Country: Date: 1976; Authors: R. Perla; Description: Avalanche burials within developed ski area boundaries are rare; fatalities are quite rare. Almost all ski areas can boast a record of less than one a...; Object ID: issw-1976-260-269.pdf; Keywords: fatalities, safety, backcountry skiing, avalanche rescue, burial; View additional details about Avalanche Evaluation and Safety in the Back-Country