Alpine and High-Altitude Medicine
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Add to basketThe standard reference work on Mountain and High-Altitude Medicine
Renowned mountain and high-altitude medicine experts from the German-speaking area and beyond provide a comprehensive overview of mountain sports, emergency medicine in the mountains and high-altitude medicine with this specialised book. The book covers all content for the 'International Diploma in Mountain Medicine' (DIMM) of the World Federation of Alpine Associations (UIAA), the International Commission for Alpine Rescue (ICAR), and the International Society for Mountain Medicine (ISMM), and is recommended by the Austrian Society for Alpine and High-Altitude Medicine (ÖGAHM) as well as the German Society for Mountain and Expedition Medicine (BExMed).
The book is a translation of the German third edition “Alpin- und Höhenmedizin”, which hast been extensively updated: new chapters have been added on pulse oximetry at high-altitude, neurological and psychiatric emergencies in the mountains, multiple trauma in the mountains, suspension syndrome, an new search and rescue technology in the mountains. Numerous other chapters have been updated and thoroughly revised.
The book is aimed at mountain physicians, sports medicine specialists, travel medicine physicians, medical personnel and physicians involved in emergency medicine and mountain rescue, and all physicians and professional groups interested in mountain and high-altitude medicine.
Univ. Prof. Dr. Marc Moritz Berger MBA, DESA, Medical Director, Clinic for Anesthesiology, Intensive Care Medicine, Emergency Medicine, and Pain Therapy, Ludwigsburg Hospital.
Univ. Prof. Dr. Franz Berghold, Kaprun, Austria
Univ. Doz. Dr. Hermann Brugger, Bozen EURAC-Institut Alpinmedizin, ICAR MEDCOM, Italy
Univ. Prof. DDr. Mag. Martin Burtscher, Innsbruck Universität Innsbruck, Austrian Alps Association, Mountain Guide Association
Prof. Dr. Rainald Fischer, München President BEXMED, German Alpine Club, Germany
Prim. Priv. Doz. Dr. Peter Paal MBA PM.ME EDAIC EDIC ESRA-DRA FERC, Clinical Lead, Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, St. John of God Hospital, Salzburg Austria. President of the Austrian Board for Mountain Medicine, Vice President of the International Society of Mountain Medicine (ISMM) and the Austrian Society of Mountain and High Altitude Medicine (ÖGAHM).
Univ. Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Schobersberger, Innsbruck University Innsbruck - Institute for Sports, Alpine, and Tourism Medicine
Prim. Dr. Günther Sumann, Vöcklabruck Chief Physician of the Austrian ÖAMTC Helicopter Rescue
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