ICAR MEDCOM
Alpine Rescue & Mountain Emergency Medicine

ICAR MED REC 0041 2021
Guidelines for Mountain Rescue During the COVID-19 Pandemic:
Official Guidelines of the International Commission for Alpine Rescue

 

Nr.

ICAR-MED-REC-0041-2021

Version

1.0

Title

Guidelines for Mountain Rescue During the COVID-19 Pandemic:
Official Guidelines of the International Commission for Alpine Rescue (ICAR)

Author(s)

Steven Roy, Inigo Soteras, Alison Sheets, Richard Price, Kazue Oshiro, Simon Rauch, Don McPhalen, Maria Antonia Nerin, Giacomo Strapazzon, Myron Allen, Alistair Read, and Peter Paal

Responsible person

Steven Roy

Originally based on

N/A

Date of publication

23 June 2021

Valid Until

22 June 2026


Background

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.


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