- 1 - Field management of Avalanche victims : the ICAR MEDCOM guidelines 2002
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Hermann BRUGGER and Bruno DURRER 1 Mountain Rescue Service provided by the South Tyrolean Alpine Association, President of the International Commission for Alpine Emergency Medicine (ICAR MEDCOM), Europastrasse 17, I-39031 Bruneck, Italy and 2 Alpine Rescue Service, Swiss Alpine Club, Air Glaciers, President of the Medical Commission of the International Mountaineering and Climbing Federation (UIAA), CH-3822 Lauterbrunnen, Switzerland.
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