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Wilderness Major Incident response: as challenging as it gets?

Posted on November 26, 2014 by tomtarrell

Interesting videocast involving our very own Yash discussing the improvised medical response at Everest Base Camp to the devastating avalanche earlier this year. If you’re interested in wilderness medicine and want to see more stuff like this, check out their website: http://theadventuremedic.com/.

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Surviving avalanche burial

Posted on June 26, 2010 by Cliff Reid

Avalanche burial has a high mortality and yet in some cases there have been some amazing saves despite prolonged cardiac arrest. An international working group undertook a systematic review to examine 4 critical prognostic factors for burial victims in cardiac … Continue reading →

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