Case report: Survival after an unwitnessed deep and long avalanche burial
• We report a rare deep (>1.5 meters) and long (>60 minutes) avalanche burial. • Avalanches where ski tracks lead into but not out of the avalanche should be checked for anyone buried. • To our knowledge, the blood gases, are the earliest taken after an avalanche burial. They show profound hypoxia and hypercapnia.
Authors
- Andreas Bregenzer
- Evelien Cools (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9607-7277)
- John Ellerton
- Oliver Reisten (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-8200-0221)
- Emilis Simeliunas
- Peter Fiala
- Peter Paal
Institutions
- University of Bern (CH)
- United States International Trade Commission (US)
- Paracelsus Medical University (AT)
- Spital Linth (CH)
- Max Zeller Söhne (Switzerland) (CH)
- Feuerwehr Dortmund (DE)
- Luye Pharma (Switzerland) (CH)
- Hôpital Riviera-Chablais (CH)
- Center for Snow and Avalanche Studies (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Resuscitation Plus
- Published
- 2026-01-12
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resplu.2026.101224
- Primary Topic
- Thermal Regulation in Medicine
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00