Some NEW Recommendations have been published and some more are on the way. See below for details!
Update 06.02.2021
* NEW ICAR MEDCOM RECOMMENDATION*
A new ICAR MedCom Recommendation has been published by Dr. Simon Rauch et al:
Suspension Syndrome
'These recommendations are based on an unanimous consensus opinion of ICAR Medcom. Unusually we are publishing these before a definitive peer reviewed article will be published. We feel this deviation from our normal practice is important for the safety of patients'
Update 10.01.2020
* NEW ICAR MEDCOM RECOMMENDATION*
A new ICAR MedCom Recommendation has been published by Dr. Günther Sumann et al:
Evidence based guidelines of the International Commission for Mountain Emergency Medicine (ICAR MedCom). Intended for physicians and other advanced life support personnel
The recommendation has been published by the Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine in December 2020.
Update 27.11.2020
* NEW ICAR MEDCOM RECOMMENDATION*
A new ICAR MedCom Recommendation has been published by Dr. Corinna Schön et al:
Determination of Death in Mountain Rescue
The recommendation has been published by the Wilderness and Environmental Medicine Journal in October 2020.
Update 04.01.2021
Mountaineers as comrade rescuers - deliciencies in First Aid knowledge, minimum physical fitness and technical requirements, and environmental exposures
Please find attached a publication by the UIAA (Küpper T and Morrison A) published in the German Journal of Sports Medicine
Küpper T. Morrison A.
Mountaineers as comrade rescuers - deliciencies in First Aid knowledge, minimum physical fitness and technical requirements, and environmental exposures.
Dtsch Z Sportmed. 2020: 71:280-285. d0i,10.5960/d2sm.2020.468
Here is the URL to the PDF:
https://www.germanjournalsportsmedicine.com/fileadmin/content/archiv2020/Heft_11-12/DtschZSportmed_Review_Kuepper_Mountaineers_as_Comrade_Rescuers_2020-11-12.pdf
Update 27.10.2020
Hypothermia case report: Successful resuscitation from accidental hypothermia of 11.8°C
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg : 2020 Nov 1;58(5):1091-1092. doi: 10.1093/ejcts/ezaa159
by Tomasz Mroczek, Marcin Gladki and Janusz Skalski
This is an excellent case report of a 27 month old boy who underwent accidental hypothermia.
Please access the journal site for the article.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33084865/
© The Author(s) 2020. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery. All rights reserved.
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