Obituary: Professor Dr. Franz Berghold, 1948-2023
We regret to announce that Franz Berghold passed away on April 30. A central figure of the ÖGAHM has left us forever: co-founder of the ÖGAHM, honorary member, long-standing society secretary, past president, founder and head of alpine physician training for over 26 years, initiator of the textbook Alpine and High Altitude Medicine. Above all, […]
New ICAR MEDCOM Recommendations on Avalanche Rescue 2023
The International Commission for Alpine Emergency Medicine (ICAR MEDCOM) has published an update to the recommendations for the medical management of avalanche victims, first released in 1996, in the renowned journal RESUSCITATION (Brugger H et al. Resuscitation. 1996 Feb;31(1):11-6. doi: 10.1016/0300-9572(95)00913-2.). An 18-member expert team from North and South America, Japan, and Europe, led by […]
Certificate Course Anti-Doping & Doping Prevention
The certificate course on anti-doping and doping prevention has been accredited by the Austrian Medical Academy with diploma continuing education points for the ÖÄK Diploma in Alpine and High Altitude Medicine. ÖGAHM is pleased to announce that the “Certificate Course on Anti-Doping and Doping Prevention”, organised at UMIT TIROL in Hall by our board member […]
Available online: “Rescue of Avalanche Victims”, Peter Paal
On Tuesday, January 17, 2023, the Salzburg regional branch of the Austrian Mountain Rescue Service invited Peter Paal to give a lecture on the rescue of avalanche victims. You can watch the lecture below. Enjoy, and remember: preventing emergencies is better than the best treatment.
Available online: “Accidental Hypothermia” for the German Mountain Rescue Service (DRK), Peter Paal
The German Mountain Rescue Service invited Peter Paal to speak about hypothermia—accidental hypothermia—and the treatment of hypothermic patients during mountain rescue and subsequent hospital care. The report can be viewed via the link provided.
First Aid in the Mountains
First Aid in the Mountains – The new edition of the mountain rescue first aid book serves as a guide for all those who venture into the mountains and may face its challenges.
Wilderness Medical Society
Founded in 1983, the Wilderness Medical Society (WMS) is the world’s leading organization devoted to wilderness medical challenges. Wilderness medicine topics include expedition and disaster medicine, dive medicine, search and rescue, altitude illness, cold- and heat-related illness, wilderness trauma, and wild animal attacks. WMS explores health risks and safety issues in extreme situations such as […]
Training videos exclusively for ÖGAHM members
Effective immediately, ÖGAHM members can find exclusive training videos in the internal area! The following videos are currently available: ÖGAHM members can go directly to the ÖGAHM member service here Not an ÖGAHM member yet? Click here to register. To “whet your appetite,” we recommend the short version of the crevasse fall video …
Book Presentation – Ward, Milledge and West’s High Altitude Medicine and Physiology
6th newly revised edition of the standard work, 2021 English edition by Andrew M. Luks (Author), Philip N. Ainslie (Author), Justin S. Lawley (Author), Robert Roach (Author), Tatum S. Simonson (Author) This pre-eminent work has developed over six editions in response to man’s attempts to climb higher and higher unaided, and to spend more time […]
Book Review – Mountain Emergency Medicine
Brugger, Zafren, Festi, Paal, Strapazzon presented the first definitive work on this topic. Wolfgang Lederer wrote a fantastic review of the book. “Every accident in the mountains is inherently an emergency.” Hermann Brugger discusses what is probably the most comprehensive standard work on mountain rescue operations. Book review by Wolfgang Lederer: Hermann Brugger, Ken Zafren […]