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Surviving 20 Hours of Critical Avalanche Burial and a Core Temperature of 22.5 °C

Wilderness & environmental medicine, 2024-03, Vol.35 (1), p.94-99 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

Wilderness Medical Society 2023 ;ISSN: 1080-6032 ;EISSN: 1545-1534 ;DOI: 10.1177/10806032231220403 ;PMID: 38379467

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  • Title:
    Surviving 20 Hours of Critical Avalanche Burial and a Core Temperature of 22.5 °C
  • Author: Wallner, Bernd ; Lienhart, Hannes ; Cools, Evelien ; Paal, Peter
  • Subjects: Avalanches ; Cold Injury ; Heart Rate ; Hospitalization ; Humans ; Male ; Temperature ; Young Adult
  • Is Part Of: Wilderness & environmental medicine, 2024-03, Vol.35 (1), p.94-99
  • Description: A 24-year-old male snowboarder was buried in an avalanche for 20 h and rescued on the next day at a depth of 2.3 m below the snow surface. A large air pocket was noted in front of his mouth and nose. He was responsive but moved restlessly and uncoordinatedly. The epitympanic temperature was 22.5 °C. He was bradycardic (35/min), and a right bundle branch block with Osborn waves was noted. Rewarming (1 °C/h) was initiated with continuous hemodialysis; core temperature raised to 29.8 °C within 4 h. At 30 °C he became conscious. With rewarming, the heart rate increased to 90 beats per minute and the ECG changes disappeared; nonfreezing cold injuries were noted. On the next day, his pulmonary function deteriorated—fluid overload of 9 L since admission was diagnosed. With spontaneous diuresis, the situation improved. On Day 4, the neurologist reported subtle polyneuropathy in both legs secondary to hypothermia, without tendency to regress. This case occurred more than 20 years ago but has not been reported yet. To this day, this is the third-longest critical avalanche burial ever reported. We discuss the circumstances of this accident, the clinical course, and how treatment has changed since 2000.
  • Publisher: Los Angeles, CA: SAGE Publications
  • Language: English
  • Identifier: ISSN: 1080-6032
    EISSN: 1545-1534
    DOI: 10.1177/10806032231220403
    PMID: 38379467
  • Source: Geneva Foundation Free Medical Journals at publisher websites
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