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Update 20.10.2022
ICAR Congress 2022 in Montreux, Switzerland
The ICAR Congress, General Assembly and Assembly of Delegates took place from the 12-15 October 2022 in the beautiful region of Montreux in Switzerland.
The Congress was preceeded by the 7th International Hypothermia Day in Lausanne. Prof. Beat Walpoth, Dr Mathieu Pasquier and Dr Evelien Cools organised an extraordinary meeting which was frequented by many international experts on hypothermia and avalanche medicine.
Presented at the International Hypothermia Day and finalised at the ICAR Congress were updates on the Avalanche Algorithms which will be published here in due course.
Both live events were a true success and a lot of work was carried out and planned for the months to come.
We thank all delegates for their tremendous contributions and are looking forward to the next meeting.
The ICAR Congress 2023 will be taking place in Toblach in South Tyrol (IT).
Reports from the congress are listed here:
Update 24.08.2021
* NEW ICAR MEDCOM RECOMMENDATION*
A new ICAR MedCom Recommendation has been published by Steven ROY et al:
MED REC 0041 2021
Guidelines for Mountain Rescue During the COVID-19 Pandemic:
Official Guidelines of the International Commission for Alpine Rescue
Recommendations are provided for protection of the rescuer (including screening, personal protective equipment [PPE], and vaccination), protection of the patient (including general masking if low risk, specific PPE if high risk), equipment hygiene (including disinfection after every mission), use of single-use products, training and medical measures under COVID-19 precautions, and psychological wellbeing of rescuers during the COVID-19 pandemic. Adapted COVID-19 precautions for low-and-medium-income countries are also discussed.
Click below for further reading and the link to the paper
Update 07.04.2021
* NEW ICAR MEDCOM RECOMMENDATION*
A new ICAR MedCom Recommendation has been published by Dr. Martin Musi et al:
MED REC 0040 - 2021
Clinical staging of accidental hypothermia: The Revised Swiss System:
Recommendation of the International Commission for Mountain Emergency Medicine (ICAR MedCom)
Clinical staging of accidental hypothermia is used to guide out-of-hospital treatment and transport decisions.
This revised system simplifies assessment.
Click below for further reading and the link to the paper & supplement
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'
Click below for further reading and the link to the paper & supplement
Update 16.09.2021
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation in special circumstances
Soar J, Becker LB, Berg KM, Einav S, Ma Q, Olasveengen TM, Paal P, Parr MJA. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation in special circumstances. Lancet. 2021 Aug 26:S0140-6736(21)01257-5. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(21)01257-5. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34454688.
Recently, the Lancet published an article about CPR in special circumstances drawing once more the attention to delayed and intermittend CPR, the hypothermia algorithm and the HOPE Score.
You can access the article via this link
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34454688/
Update 31.03.2021
New book publication on Mountain Emergency Medicine
MOUNTAIN EMERGENCY MEDICINE by Brugger H., Zafren K., Festi L., Paal P., Strapazzon G.
http://community.edraspa.it/libri/mountain-emergency-medicine/
- The next ICAR Congress including the General Assembly and Assebly of Delegates will take place in Montreux, Switzerland October 11-16, 2022 hosted by ARS (Alpine Rettung Schweiz / Alpine Rescue Switzerland)
- https://icarmontreux2022.org/
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