Case report: Survival after an unwitnessed deep and long avalanche burial

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Andreas Bregenzer · University of Bern

Emilis Simeliunas · Luye Pharma (Switzerland)

Benjamin Zweifel · Center for Snow and Avalanche Studies

Peter Fiala · Spital Linth

Peter Paal · Paracelsus Medical University

Oliver Reisten · Feuerwehr Dortmund

John Ellerton · United States International Trade Commission

Abstract

• 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.

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Thermal Regulation in Medicine Hematological disorders and diagnostics High Altitude and Hypoxia

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Published in: Resuscitation Plus

Volume 28, pp. 101224-101224

DOI: 10.1016/j.resplu.2026.101224

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Case report: Survival after an unwitnessed deep and long avalanche burial

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