Blancher, Marc, François Albasini, Fidel Elsensohn, Ken Zafren, Natalie Hölzl, Kyle McLaughlin, Albert R. Wheeler III, Steven Roy, Hermann Brugger, Mike Greene, and Peter Paal. Management of multi-casualty incidents in mountain rescue. High Alt Med Biol. 00:000-000, 2018. INTRODUCTION Multi-Casualty Incidents (MCI) occur in mountain areas. Little is known about the incidence and character of ...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the therapeutic efficacy of a portable hyperbaric chamber for treatment of acute mountain sickness. DESIGN Controlled randomised trial over two mountaineering seasons. SETTING High altitude research laboratory at 4559 m above sea level. SUBJECTS 64 climbers with acute mountain sickness randomly allocated to different treatments. INTERVENTIONS One hour of treatment ...

F or multicellular animals, the interface between " inside " and " outside " is demarcated by epithelia. Epithelial sheets form a barrier separating internal tissues from the environment, and inside the body they delineate different tissues and line the open spaces, or lumens, that riddle even the simplest organisms. In fact, lumenal spaces—the gut, blood vessels , and other tubules and chamber...

The aim of this study was to measure the effect of nutrition on cell damage, antioxidant enzymes, and cortisol during a two-day ski mountaineering competition. Twenty-one male skiers participated in the study. Creatine kinase (CK), aspartate aminotransferase (AST), alanine aminotransferase (ALT), γ-glutamyl transpeptidase (GGT), lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), alkaline phosphatase (AP), cortisol a...

The Covid 19 outbreak was revealed in December 2019 and has led many countries around the world to take various restrictions measures prevent spread of virus. Mountaineers have been affected by this process as well all parts society. purpose study is examine experiences high-altitude mountaineers during covid-19 process. research group consists seven mountaineers. Phenomenological method, one q...

Dear Editor, we report the case of a 60-year-old man, professional climber, who was attending a mountaineering expedition in Annapurna. At an altitude of about 5500 m the patient felt sudden onset of dyspnea, out of proportion to the effort he was making, for which he was trained. After coming back to Italy, the patient underwent cardiologic examination. A 12-lead electrocardiogram (ECG) was pe...

A floristic and ecological study of bryophytes and macrolichens in different lowland rain forest types around Mabura Hill, Guyana, South America, yielded 170 species: 52 mosses, 82 liverworts and 36 macrolichens. Lejeuneaceae account for about 30% of the species and are the dominant cryptogamic family of the lowland rain forest. Special attention was paid to the flora of the forest canopy, by u...

Ungaran Mountain has a height of 2050 meters above sea level, this mountain is suitable for beginner climbers who want to know more about climbing hobbies, themselves only take 3-5 hours, depending on the speed walking, route also quite light and very heating before starting climb higher mountains. Thus many novice try conquer Mount Ungaran, armed with minimal experience climbing, risks they fa...

The Aladağlar is a mountain range located in the central Taurus Mountains (37°45′ N, 35°15′ E) along Mediterranean coast of Turkey, dominated by geomorphic features intervened karstic and glacial landscapes. Aladağlar, also known as Alps one most popular places for mountaineering. Here, we present comprehensive geomorphological map mountain. Despite increased recent research, understanding spat...

“Earth summit mission 2022” is one of the landmark scientific research activities Second Tibetan Plateau Scientific Expedition and Research (STEP). This expedition firstly used advanced technology methods to detect vertical meteorological elements produce forecasts for mountain climbing. The Qomolangma exceeded an altitude over 8000 meters first time carried out a comprehensive investigation on...