Wilderness Medical Society Practice Guidelines for Prevention and Management of Avalanche and Nonavalanche Snow Burial Accidents.
Publication Title
Wilderness & environmental medicine
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
3-1-2017
Keywords
Accident Prevention; Accidents; Asphyxia; Avalanches; Humans; Hypothermia; Snow; Societies, Medical; Wilderness Medicine
Abstract
To provide guidance to clinicians and avalanche professionals about best practices, the Wilderness Medical Society convened an expert panel to develop evidence-based guidelines for the prevention, rescue, and medical management of avalanche and nonavalanche snow burial victims. Recommendations are graded on the basis of quality of supporting evidence according to the classification scheme of the American College of Chest Physicians.
Specialty/Research Institute
Emergency Medicine