H Brugger

Summary

Country: Italy

Publications

  1. ncbi On-site treatment of avalanche victims ICAR-MEDCOM-recommendation
    Hermann Brugger
    Mountain Rescue Service
    High Alt Med Biol 3:421-5. 2002
  2. ncbi Field management of avalanche victims
    H Brugger
    Alpine Rescue Service provided by the South Tyrolean Alpine Association, International Commission for Alpine Emergency Medicine, Europastrasse 17, I 39031, Bruneck, Italy
    Resuscitation 51:7-15. 2001
  3. ncbi Hypoxia and hypercapnia during respiration into an artificial air pocket in snow: implications for avalanche survival
    Hermann Brugger
    Mountain Rescue Service provided by the South Tyrolean Alpine Association, International Commission for Mountain Emergency Medicine, Europastrasse 17, I 39031 Bruneck, Italy
    Resuscitation 58:81-8. 2003
  4. ncbi The impact of avalanche rescue devices on survival
    Hermann Brugger
    International Commission for Mountain Emergency Medicine, Innsbruck Medical University, Europastrasse 17, I 39031 Bruneck, Italy
    Resuscitation 75:476-83. 2007
  5. ncbi On-site triage of avalanche victims with asystole by the emergency doctor
    H Brugger
    Mountain Rescue Service, South Tyrolean Alpine Association, Bruneck, Italy
    Resuscitation 31:11-6. 1996
  6. ncbi Full recovery of an avalanche victim with profound hypothermia and prolonged cardiac arrest treated by extracorporeal re-warming
    Rosmarie Oberhammer
    Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, General Hospital Innichen, Freisingstrasse 2, I 39038 Innichen, Italy
    Resuscitation 76:474-80. 2008
  7. ncbi Pattern and severity of injury in avalanche victims
    Matthias Hohlrieder
    Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Medical University Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
    High Alt Med Biol 8:56-61. 2007
  8. ncbi Correlation between avalanche emergencies and avalanche danger forecast in the alpine region of Tyrol
    Bernhard Rainer
    Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Division of Psychosocial Medicine, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria
    Eur J Emerg Med 15:43-7. 2008
  9. ncbi The impact of avalanche transceivers on mortality from avalanche accidents
    Matthias Hohlrieder
    Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, University Hospital Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
    High Alt Med Biol 6:72-7. 2005
  10. ncbi Basic life support ventilation in mountain rescue. Official recommendations of the International Commission for Mountain Emergency Medicine (ICAR MEDCOM)
    Peter Paal
    Department of Anesthesiology and Division of General and Surgical Critical Care Medicine, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria
    High Alt Med Biol 8:147-54. 2007

Detail Information

Publications12

  1. ncbi On-site treatment of avalanche victims ICAR-MEDCOM-recommendation
    Hermann Brugger
    Mountain Rescue Service
    High Alt Med Biol 3:421-5. 2002
  2. ncbi Field management of avalanche victims
    H Brugger
    Alpine Rescue Service provided by the South Tyrolean Alpine Association, International Commission for Alpine Emergency Medicine, Europastrasse 17, I 39031, Bruneck, Italy
    Resuscitation 51:7-15. 2001
    ..6 degrees F) (prerequisites being an air pocket and free airways) transported with continuous cardiopulmonary resuscitation to a specialist hospital for extracorporeal re-warming...
  3. ncbi Hypoxia and hypercapnia during respiration into an artificial air pocket in snow: implications for avalanche survival
    Hermann Brugger
    Mountain Rescue Service provided by the South Tyrolean Alpine Association, International Commission for Mountain Emergency Medicine, Europastrasse 17, I 39031 Bruneck, Italy
    Resuscitation 58:81-8. 2003
    ....
  4. ncbi The impact of avalanche rescue devices on survival
    Hermann Brugger
    International Commission for Mountain Emergency Medicine, Innsbruck Medical University, Europastrasse 17, I 39031 Bruneck, Italy
    Resuscitation 75:476-83. 2007
    ..There are two commonly used rescue devices: the avalanche transceiver, which is intended to speed up locating a completely buried person, and the avalanche airbag, which aims to prevent the person from being completely buried...
  5. ncbi On-site triage of avalanche victims with asystole by the emergency doctor
    H Brugger
    Mountain Rescue Service, South Tyrolean Alpine Association, Bruneck, Italy
    Resuscitation 31:11-6. 1996
    ....
  6. ncbi Full recovery of an avalanche victim with profound hypothermia and prolonged cardiac arrest treated by extracorporeal re-warming
    Rosmarie Oberhammer
    Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, General Hospital Innichen, Freisingstrasse 2, I 39038 Innichen, Italy
    Resuscitation 76:474-80. 2008
    ..This remarkable case documents the fastest drop in core temperature ever recorded during snow burial, namely 9.0 degrees C (16.2 degrees F)/h, and the second-lowest reversible core temperature in avalanche literature...
  7. ncbi Pattern and severity of injury in avalanche victims
    Matthias Hohlrieder
    Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Medical University Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
    High Alt Med Biol 8:56-61. 2007
    ..Asphyxia is by far the most important reason for death. Deaths from trauma were solely due to isolated cervical injuries, demonstrating that the cervical spine may be a region at particular risk in avalanche victims...
  8. ncbi Correlation between avalanche emergencies and avalanche danger forecast in the alpine region of Tyrol
    Bernhard Rainer
    Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Division of Psychosocial Medicine, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria
    Eur J Emerg Med 15:43-7. 2008
    ..We investigated whether frequency of avalanche accidents corresponds with the danger assessment given in avalanche hazard tables and with topographic factors of the avalanche origin...
  9. ncbi The impact of avalanche transceivers on mortality from avalanche accidents
    Matthias Hohlrieder
    Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, University Hospital Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
    High Alt Med Biol 6:72-7. 2005
    ..In remote areas the reduction in mortality will probably be far more pronounced...
  10. ncbi Basic life support ventilation in mountain rescue. Official recommendations of the International Commission for Mountain Emergency Medicine (ICAR MEDCOM)
    Peter Paal
    Department of Anesthesiology and Division of General and Surgical Critical Care Medicine, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria
    High Alt Med Biol 8:147-54. 2007
    ..It should be emphasized that regular training every 6 to 12 months is necessary to perform proper ventilation...
  11. ncbi The medical on-site treatment of hypothermia: ICAR-MEDCOM recommendation
    Bruno Durrer
    High Alt Med Biol 4:99-103. 2003
  12. ncbi A survey of emergency medical services in mountain areas of Europe and North America: official recommendations of the International Commission for Mountain Emergency Medicine (ICAR Medcom)
    Hermann Brugger
    Mountain Rescue Service provided by the South Tyrolean Alpine Association, International Commission for Mountain Emergency Medicine, Bruneck, Italy
    High Alt Med Biol 6:226-37. 2005
    ..However, no conclusions can be drawn from the data as to the efficiency of treatment. The data show a lack of medical education in specific, mountain rescue-related problems. Physicians involved should undergo suitable training...