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Medical Aspects of Mountain Rescue by Helicopter

Hossli, Georg ; Bühler, Christian

In: Prehospital and Disaster Medicine, 1985, vol. 1, no. 1, p. 70-71

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    Titre
    • Medical Aspects of Mountain Rescue by Helicopter
    Auteur
    • Hossli, Georg. Institute of Anesthesiology, Zurich University, Canton Spital and the Swiss Air Rescue, Zurich, Switzerland.
    • Bühler, Christian. Institute of Anesthesiology, Zurich University, Canton Spital and the Swiss Air Rescue, Zurich, Switzerland.
    Type de document
    • Postprint
    Langue
    • Inglese
    Publié dans
    • Prehospital and Disaster Medicine, 1985, vol. 1, no. 1, p. 70-71. Cambridge University Press
    Autre version électronique
    Classification
    • Santé
    Identifiant OAI-PMH
    • oai:doc.rero.ch:299568
    Summary
    In summer, mountain accidents may include falls, causing contusions and open wounds; fractures and torn ligaments; external bleeding;internal bleeding in the head, thorax and abdomen; injuries to the spinal column and extremities; falling rocks causing skull injuries; and falls into crevasses causing additional hypothermia, frostbite and drowning. In winter, there are skiing accidents with fractures and torn ligaments; and avalanches resulting in asphyxia, hypothermia and frostbite. In addition, there are mountain sickness; pulmonary edema of high altitude; snow blindness; heatstroke; sunstroke; heart attack; diarrhea and vomiting; pneumonia; snakebite; drowning in torrents or lakes; and burns, explosions and cuts acquired in huts. First aid, medical support and transport to hospital may vary widely