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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; View additional details about Body Positions of Buried Avalanche Victims

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: 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: An Analysis on the Efficiency of Avalanche Victim Search and its Contributing Factors: Date: 2004; Authors: Manuel Genswein, Rob Whelan, John R. Bezzola; Description: A standardised avalanche rescue scenario with four buried victims representing one multiple burial problem with three victims in close proximity and ...; Object ID: issw-2004-371.pdf; Keywords: burials, victims, avalanche, rescue; View additional details about An Analysis on the Efficiency of Avalanche Victim Search and its Contributing Factors

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: 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 Burials in the United States: 1967-1980: Date: 1980; Authors: Betsy R. Armstrong; Description: In 1976, Williams (1978) analyzed data from documented case histories of avalanche burials to determine chances of survival. With the addition of four...; Object ID: issw-1980-215-230.pdf; Keywords: fatalities, avalanche accidents, accident prevention, avalanche victims, avalanche burials; View additional details about Avalanche Burials in the United States: 1967-1980