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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
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Title: Statistical Analyses on Multiple Burial Situations and Search Strategies for Multiple Burials
Date: 2002
Authors: Manuel Genswein, Stephan Harvey
Description: Recent statistical analysis based on 466 skier triggered avalanches in Switzerland from almost 30 years (winter 1970/71 to 1998/99) causing 698 comple...
Object ID: issw-2002-469-476.pdf
Keywords: avalanche accident, avalanche incident, avalanche accident statistics, avalanche rescue, transceiver search, multiple burials
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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
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Title: Hypothermia During Snow Burial
Date: 2000
Authors: Mary Beth Scholand, Colin K. Grissom, Martin I Radwin, Chris H. Harmston
Description: The development of hypothermia during avalanche burial has never been prospectively studied. Previous retrospective reports of core body temperature i...
Object ID: issw-2000-382-389.pdf
Keywords: avalanche accidents, avalanche rescue, hypothermia, hypercapnia
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Title: O2 and CO2 Levels With the Black Diamond AVALUNG During Human Snow Burials Lasting Up to One Hour
Date: 1998
Authors: J. Margid, N. Beidleman, C. Harmston, C.T. Crowley, C. Hatton, T.J. Crowley
Description: The patented AvaLung aims to permit an avalanche victim to breathe the air contained in snow. Hypotheses: (1) Human blood Oz saturation will be about ...
Object ID: issw-1998-110-119.pdf
Keywords: avalanche accidents, avalanche safety, avalanche rescue, snow permeability
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