Journal article
Helicopter Emergency Medical Service Simulation Training in the Extreme: Simulation-based Training in a Mountain Weather Chamber.
- Pietsch U Kantonsspital St Gallen Klinik für Anästhesiologie, Intensiv-, Rettungs- und Schmerzmedizin, St Gallen, Switzerland; Bergwacht Schwarzwald, Hessen, Bayern, Germany; Air Zermatt, Zermatt, Switzerland. Electronic address: urs.pietsch@kssg.ch.
- Ney L Bergwacht Schwarzwald, Hessen, Bayern, Germany; Air Zermatt, Zermatt, Switzerland; Klinik für Anaesthesiologie, Klinikum der Universität München, München, Germany.
- Kreuzer O Air Zermatt, Zermatt, Switzerland.
- Berner A Bergwacht Schwarzwald, Hessen, Bayern, Germany; Air Zermatt, Zermatt, Switzerland; Abteilung für Anästhesie und operative Intensivmedizin, Klinikum Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.
- Lischke V Bergwacht Schwarzwald, Hessen, Bayern, Germany; Air Zermatt, Zermatt, Switzerland; Hochtaunus-Kliniken gGmbH Krankenhaus Bad Homburg, Abteilung für Anästhesie und operative Intensivmedizin, Bad Homburg, Germany.
- 2017-07-26
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- Air medical journal. - 2017
English
Mountain rescue operations often confront crews with extreme weather conditions. Extremely cold temperatures make standard treatment sometimes difficult or even impossible. It is well-known that most manual tasks, including those involved in mountain rescue operations, are slowed by extremely cold weather. To lessen and improve the decrement in performance of emergency medical treatment caused by cold-induced manual impairment and inadequate medical equipment and supplies, simulation training in a weather chamber, which can produce wind and temperatures up to -22°C, was developed. It provides a promising tool to train the management of complex multidisciplinary settings, thus reducing the occurrence of fatal human and technical errors and increasing the safety for both the patient and the mountain emergency medical service crew.
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- DOI 10.1016/j.amj.2017.03.004
- PMID 28739242
- Persistent URL
- https://sonar.ch/global/documents/572
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