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ICAR 2016 WELCOME 02 08 A Warm Welcome Medical Commission Bulgarian Red Cross President Welcome 10 03 Mountain Rescue Service in MRS at BRC President Welcome 14 04 Conference Programme ICAR President Welcome 18 05 Hotel Halls Map Terrestrial Commission 06 19 Avalanche Commission Exhibition Floor Plan 07 20 Air Rescue Commission Sponsors & Exhibitors

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Mag. Pharm. Hristo Grigorov, Dr.H.C. Vesselin Ganchev President of Bulgarian Red Cross President of Mountain Rescue Service at BRC

On behalf of the National Council of the Bulgarian Red Cross (BRC), I have the pleasure and the privilege to welcome all guests and delegates to the 68th Congress of the International Commission for Alpine Rescue in Bulgaria. In a few days the Bulgarian Red We consider the selection of the Cross, the largest and oldest humani- Bulgarian Red Cross Mountain Rescue tarian organization in the country, will Service to host the annual meeting of be celebrating 138 years since its ICAR a great honor and recognition for foundation. We are proud that Mountain the professionalism and international Rescue Service is an integral part of our prestige of the Bulgarian mountain organization and that together we resist rescuers. the trials and challenges of life, and I wish you successful work and I assure continue to help people. you that for the Bulgarian Red Cross Many people owe their lives to this forum is an excellent opportunity mountain rescuers, who wear the Red to discuss and bring the focus of public Cross emblem with dignity, because attention in Bulgaria to the issues of humanity in the mountains requires more safety and reduction of accidents in the than charity and compassion, more than mountains. simple desire to help - it requires sacrifice.

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Vesselin Ganchev President of Mountain Rescue Service at BRC

Distinguished Board Members of ICAR Dear members and friends of ICAR, fellow-rescuers, Welcome to Bulgaria and to Borovets - the oldest ski resort in Bulgaria! Welcome to the National Park, assistance in the mountains because, the mountain with the highest peak on above all, we are led by humanity. the Balkan Peninsula! Prevention is a key word in our It is an honour and a privilege for all daily work, especially when we refer to of us at the Mountain Rescue Service children and youngsters who are often at the Bulgarian Red Cross to host the unaware of the risks in the mountains. annual meeting of ICAR. And as you all know, that the most In this dynamic and rapidly changing dangerous mountain is the one that we world, more and more people are underestimate. My message to people is turning towards nature and mountains, to respect mountains, and get prepared where they seek adventures, do in order to spend a pleasant time there sports, and relax. This trend leads to and to return home, safely. an increasing number of people being Last but not least, a big thank you exposed to risk factors, thus creating a to all the family members who keep higher percentage of incidents. But this supporting us - mountain rescuers, is exactly why our job is of the utmost during our unpredictable and demanding importance, and therefore we continue missions. Without them we wouldn’t be serving. what we are. Our Mountain Rescue Service relies Thank you to all my colleagues in fully on the constant, 24/7 availability of Bulgaria for their unremitting efforts. trained and equipped mountain rescuers, Dear friends, I wish you health, good the majority of them being volunteers, luck and successful work! God bless our and committing their time to render noble duty!

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Franz Stämpfli Gebhard Barbisch President of ICAR President of the Terrestrial Rescue Commission

In the name of the ICAR Executive Board I would like to welcome you in Borovets Bulgaria. I’m looking forward meeting you during our annual convention and leading through our assembly of delegates. For the first time in its 68-year-history, Our number of members is steadily the International Commission for Alpine increasing. This is the success of the Rescue (ICAR) is coming to Bulgaria for good work, which is done in our bodies, its annual congress, hosted by the Red especially in the technical commissions. Cross of Bulgaria (BRC). We are very A big thank you goes to our Commission happy to be your guests in Bulgaria. Presidents, our Executive Board and our Our last congress took place in Killarney, office. Ireland. We keep the celebrating of the Like every year, the pre-conference 50th anniversary of Mountain Rescue workshop day offers interesting Ireland (MRI) deep in our memories. topics. The presidents of the different Thanks again to our Irish friends. commissions have prepared a perfect The work in the ICAR Executive program. I hope that you can participate, Board is very positive and the members give your thoughts and bring your input have great experience and are highly at the different posts or in the various professional. Our mission says: ICAR sessions. provides a platform for mountain rescue Honor where honor is due: The and related organizations to disseminate preparation and the organization of knowledge with the prime goal of this event was first class and the whole improving mountain rescue services and team in Bulgaria should accept our great their safety. It’s a worldwide organization respect. that respects its members and promotes Thank you all for the great work and international cooperation. I’m very pleased to meet you here.

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Gebhard Barbisch President of the Terrestrial Rescue Commission

Dear Members of the Terrestrial Rescue Commission, dear Friends of ICAR and dear much appreciated Exhibitors!

This year the convention will be I am sure, it will be very interesting for organized by the Mountain Rescue all of us, when our friends present us their Service at the BRC. They have worked way of solving this problem. Let’s learn hard to prepare a perfect environment from the experience of all participants, for our convention. Intensive cooperation documented in their presentations or and the willingness to work together will shown on practical demonstrations. Our be the basis for a successful meeting in goal should be not to do the same error Borovets. twice. Eliminating all human errors in This year’s practical session is rescue operations may not be realistic, organized and supervised by the as we would have to stop all our missions Avalanche Rescue Commission. They just to avoid any possible errors. prepared interesting workshops together However, we should strive to extend with the other commissions. I am sure, the time between our errors. the demos and workshops which will be I am very much looking forward offered to you are beneficial to all of us. to meeting all of you again and I am This year’s main topic is „Search sure, that we will have a congress with function - Improving the Search before the good presentations and many positive Rescue“. All of us know how important a discussions and constructive interactions, good situation analysis is. This will be the so that we all can go home at the end basis of a good and hopefully successful with a full basket of new knowledge for search operation. the next search operation.

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Dominique Létang Patrick Fauchère President of the ICAR Avalanche Rescue Commission President of the Air Rescue Commission Chief of the French avalanche association (ANENA)

Dear Members, Dear Friends, I am looking forward to seeing all of you in Borovets. I am very excited to discover a part of the Bulgarian mountains and meet the Bulgarian rescuers! In our commission we worked hard field in South Tyrol (from 5th to 8th of since the latest congress in Ireland. The May), and the prevention working group recommendation concerning “slalom held several “skype” meetings and is probing” was definitely adopted by the continuing to help all of us with the aim committee board in January. During the of improving prevention tools. year we organized several workshops Regarding the congress in Borovets, gathering international experts: one we have implemented some relevant in Davos concerning RECCO search workshops for the pre-conference day, strategies (under the umbrella of SLF and in the field (I hope we will have good the avalanche commission), another one climatic conditions!) with a system of concerning “Best practices in avalanche rotation between the different workshops rescue” (Stubai, from 25th to 29th of April), (as we did in Lake Tahoe). I am pretty which purpose is to obtain a worldwide sure you will appreciate! standardization of strategies, techniques I wish all of you, the commission and methods of avalanche SAR. The members, the organizers, the developers sub-commission of dog-handlers held an and the manufacturers a really rich interesting and serious meeting on the congress.

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Patrick Fauchère President of the Air Rescue Commission

WELCOME TO BULGARIA! Dear members of the Air Rescue Commission, dear sponsors, exhibitors and manufacturers, dear guests and dear friends of the ICAR, Together with Bulgarian Mountain of all involved parties will be analyzed. Rescue Service to the Red Cross we are The aim is to find a generic, sound and looking forward meeting you and sharing safe procedure to excavate and / or with you some time during our annual extricate the patient while the rescue conference held this year in Borovets. personnel stays at all times attached to Our challenges: trying to find common the aircraft. (Helicopter Hoist or Human solutions to different operations, different External Cargo). Another goal will be the types of helicopters but with one common publication of a new recommendation goal: helping people in need and about the Human external cargo - guaranteeing the safety of our rescuers. Helicopter Hoist (HEC-HHO) equipment Our main topic for 2016: Decision and a safety card addressed to the public. making and human factors. In the Air The passion that livens up the Rescue Commission the main topic will rescuers, the devotion and desire to be reflected in our focus of the «Scoop carry out rescues are what drives the and run» strategy. In collaboration with members of ICAR. all other commissions, all aspects of Thank you all for your commitment, for this advanced extrication method with your participation and I wish you a fruitful high demand on the proper interaction conference here in Borovets.

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Fidel Elsensohn, MD President of the International Commission for Mountain Emergency Medicine ICAR MEDCOM

Dear colleagues and friends, dear delegates! Thanks to the Bulgarian Red Cross and Mountain Rescue Team for their kind invitation to Borovets. The main focus of this meeting for guidelines to give advice to all members of our participants will be to finalize the rescue organizations dealing with injured recommendations: “Multi Casualty and ill people in the mountains. All papers Incidents in the Mountains and are published in highly recognized peer Remote Areas” and “Evidence based reviewed medical journals to reach the Recommendation of Canyoning Rescue”. highest level of acceptance in mountain Both Recommendations have been emergency medicine. discussed intensively during the 2016 Our recommendations cover a great Spring Meeting in Capetown. A long list variety of problems which are commonly of interesting short communications and faced by rescuers, as well as by the planning of the 2017 meetings in Italy emergency physicians called to accidents and Andorra will complete our very dense in the mountains. It is essential, that schedule. these recommendations are translated At the congress on Saturday and adapted to the local situation and morning, members of our commission national regulations to provide best will present the recently finished or support to all who need them. ICAR published recommendations and case MEDCOM consists of more than 60 reports to the entire ICAR audience. We experts (doctors and paramedics) from also participate at the pre-conference all continents, working in the fields of workshop on Wednesday. mountain emergency medicine and many The goal of ICAR MEDCOM, the of them will be present at this convention. medical commission of ICAR, is We look forward to meeting you in establishing recommendations and Borovets for a successful meeting.

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Mountain Rescue Service at the Bulgarian Red Cross Mountain Rescue Service /MRS/ was established in 1933 and since 1951 has been in the composition of the Bulgarian Red Cross.

The beginning of mountain rescue in need for creating an organized mountain Bulgaria dates back in time and is linked rescue, following their immediate to growing interest towards mountains observations on rescue activities in the and development of mountaineering. French, Austrian, German and Swiss Ever since, the proximity of Alps. mountain to the capital city has On December 15 1933, in Sofia and been attracting more and more people under the eaves of the first tourist society looking for the beauty, freshness and “Aleko”, Bulgarian Alpine Club, Bulgarian adventures in mountain areas. Tourist Union, Youth Tourist Union and On August 27 1895, upon invitation Sofia Ski Club established the Mountain from the famous Bulgarian writer and Rescue Service. A few years later an traveller Aleko Konstantinov, 300 people organization of rescue command was climbed the highest peak of Vitosha created, comprising of four rescuers Mountain – Cherni vrah. There, on and a doctor who were on duty during Vitosha top, they established the first weekends in three refuges in Vitosha. tourist society in Bulgaria, which was 1940 marked the beginning of the the dawn of the organized Bulgarian mountain tourism. The first shelters and refuges were built in the most frequently toured parts of the mountains Vitosha and Rila. With multiplying numbers of admirers of the enchantment of mountains and peaks, incidents during winter hikes began occurring. This was the time when the first recorded rescue actions appeared in the form of mutual assistance. At the end of 1933, several prominent Bulgarian mountaineers discussed in Sofia the

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of Bulgaria, the Council of Ministers issued a special act on activities and development of MRS. Fruitful international contacts had already been established and active discussions for membership in ICAR started. In 1971 in Bled, Slovenia, MRS became a member of ICAR. This gave new impetus to the development of mountain rescue in Bulgaria - extending contacts and exchanging information on the work of leading rescue services, on partnership with Bulgarian Red Cross courses and training programs, creating Youth /BRCY/ which, by that time was links with manufacturers of rescue in charge of medical doctors within the equipment. Also training courses based rescue commands. on new programs and methods were The whole period was characterized initiated and conducted by experienced by the creative power of enthusiasm and and qualified instructors. affection of mountain rescuers towards In 1974 Austrian instructors assisted their work - to help those in need. Strong launching rescue missions including foundations were laid, which embedded dogs. Successful operations of dedicated sense of duty and voluntary commitment, handlers and rescue dogs, plus the regardless of difficulties and dangers. acquired skills to search for people buried The end of World War II shifted the in avalanches started being applied when scene of public relations in Bulgaria. providing assistance during disasters, MRS sought opportunities to continue accidents and catastrophes. The first existing in the newly altered environment. regular course for air rescue was held, In 1951, the Mountain Rescue Service which set the beginning of air assistance became part of the Bulgarian Red Cross. by helicopters in the mountains. Integration into this new family was With the support of many volunteer followed by years of expansion of the structure and the activities, with Bulgarian state also committed to the development of the MRS. In the 70s of the 20th century MRS operated 34 rescue teams, made up of volunteer mountain rescuers who were located in all major mountain settlements. After a massive winter operation on Vitosha to search for the Foreign Minister

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State support decreased substantially and additional financial resources had to be sought to secure prolonged existence and growth. Mountain rescuers’ indomitable spirit and dedication to the cause let them find modern solutions to strengthen the service. The very first General Assembly was attended by delegates from all rescue teams. At a later stage payment of assistance was introduced and MRS cooperation with insurance companies led to the creation of “mountain insurance.” The combination of those factors allowed continuous rescuers, the first permanent rescue base development of rescue teams, posts, “Aleko” was built on Vitosha mountain. and bases in Bulgarian mountains. More bases were constructed in Stara Today MRS at the Bulgarian Red Cross Planina and other Bulgarian mountains. unites more than 500 volunteer mountain The State was also supportive in rescuers who constitute 32 rescue teams establishing modern rescue bases in across the country, in addition to another main winter resorts - , Borovets 43 mountain rescuers - staff members. and . MRS operates a 24/7 emergency line Political changes in early 90s which is connected to the national confronted MRS with new challenges. emergency rescue system of Bulgaria

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and the Unified European Emergency The rescue dogs handlers team Number 112. There are four constantly has at its disposal 22 trained dogs operating rescue bases in the large working effectively in avalanches, as mountain resorts of Bulgaria - Vitosha, well as during disasters, accidents and Bansko, Borovets and Pamporovo. 9 catastrophes in Bulgaria and abroad more bases provide shelter and proper (major earthquakes in Armenia in 1988 conditions for mountain rescuers to serve and in Turkey in 1999). their duty. Today all of us - mountain rescuers The training center of MRS is from Bulgaria, and from rescue services responsible for certification of mountain around the globe, participants and guests rescuers in Bulgaria by providing a at the ICAR Congress, together we are system of basic and specialized courses. writing another glorious page in the 83 All rescuers undergo periodic inspection year old history of Mountain Rescue of physical capacity, technical skills as Service. It is a great honour to host the well as courses to provide first aid during 68th Annual Congress in Bulgaria and winter and summer season. Preparation a significant responsibility to advance of mountain rescuers is carried out by on the current opportunity and place 31 certified instructors. First aid trainings mountain rescue in the focus of public and assistance are implemented with the attention in the country. invaluable support of 23 medical doctors - mountain rescuers. Welcome and good luck!

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Conference Schedule C Convention 2016 in Borovets Bulgaria ctober 18th, ESD

ime errestrial escue Commission valanche escue Commission ir escue Commission Medical Commission DGHandlers

14.00 - 19.30 Registration

19.00 - 19.30 Briefing for the pre-conference workshop

20.00 - 22.30 Dinner

Conference Schedule C Convention 2016 in Borovets Bulgaria ctober 19th, EDESD

ime errestrial escue Commission valanche escue Commission ir escue Commission Medical Commission DGHandlers

06.30 - 08.00 Breakfast

08.00 - 18.00 Pre-conference workshop on avalanche rescue

08.00 - 18.00 Registration

19.00 - 19.30 Opening of the conference

20.00 - 22.30 Dinner

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Conference Schedule C Convention 2016 in Borovets Bulgaria ctober 20th, HSD

ime errestrial escue Commission valanche escue Commission ir escue Commission Medical Commission DGHandlers

06.30 - 08.00 Breakfast

08.00 - 08.30 TER Assembly of delegates Welcome and presentation of new Welcome and presentation of new Welcome, outline of the meetings Meeting Dog-Handlers members members program, minutes of the 2016 spring (Marcel Meier ARS) meeting, presidents report, financial 08.30 - 09.00 President report report

09.00 - 09.30 Accident reports (all) Accident/incident reports (all) Papers in preparation: MCI final draft, discussion and approval 09.30 - 10.00 USA report (Charley Shimanski MRA)

10.00 - 10.30 Avalanche fatalities in the European Interface helicopter Lezard / Forces Coffee break Alps (Darms SLF, Jarry ANENA) ariennes de gendarmerie Coffee break (Emmanuel Chavanne) 10.30 - 11.00 sarOS (Matjaz Serkezi GRZS) Coffee break Coffee break Papers in preparation: Canyoning Coffee break rescue final draft, discussion and 11.00 - 11.30 Norwegian mountain code help you Avalanche balloon incidents in Tatra Norway update (Dan Halvorsen) approval Meeting Dog-Handlers stay safe (Kjetil Hoidal NRK) mountains (Biskupič HZS) (Marcel Meier ARS)

11.30 - 12.00 Significant change how we do rope Does endurance exercise affect Drone impact (Joost Vreeken, Patrick rescue in B.C. (Kirk Mauthner, Parcs search performance in avalanche Fauchre OCVS) Canada) military dogs Prel. results (SAGF) 12.00 - 14.00 Lunch

14.00 - 14.30 Joint meeting TER-AIR: Presentation How to build up an avalanche dog Joint meeting TER-AIR: Presentation Papers in preparation: Threshholds in Meeting Dog-Handlers of the national system for school (Ion Sanduloiu) of the national system for hypothermia treatment, Report from (Marcel Meier ARS) cooperation of alpine rescue and civil cooperation of alpine rescue and civil the spring meeting (Brugger) / helicopter (Stein Moller, Dan helicopter (Stein Moller, Dan Accidental hypothermia update, Halvorsen) Halvorsen) presentationa nd approval / AVRC update (Kottmann) / Avalanche 14.30 - 15.00 Joint meeting TER-AIR: Automatic Developing international standards Joint meeting TER-AIR: Automatic registry, presentation of the online release sling (Jan-Gunnar Hole) and recommendations in order to release sling (Jan-Gunnar Hole) case report form (Brodmann, measure success in prevention Brugger) programs and mountain safety.info (Per-Olov Wikberg Swedish Mountain Safety Council) 15.00 - 15.30 Joint meeting TER-AIR: Emergency Joint meeting TER-AIR: Emergency card (Dieter Kotlaba Ortovox) card (Dieter Kotlaba Ortovox)

15.30 - 16.00 Coffee break

16.00 - 16.30 Joint discussion TER-AVA: AVA-REC Probing Strategies Rope testing (Ragoni Airwork) MEDCOM in 2022 going forward, Meeting Dog-Handlers process of establishing (Marcel Meier ARS) recommenadtion projects, primary 16.30 - 17.00 research, redoing DVD, book on / New papers / Forthcoming events 17.00 - 17.30 Joint meeting TER-AVA: Online GPS support for dog search operations (Nik PCDS update (Ragoni Airwork, Patrick Klever BWB) Fauchre OCVS)

18.00 - 20.00 ICAR Executive board meeting (followed by dinner at reserved table for 12 persons 20.00-21.30)

19.00 - 21.00 Dinner

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Conference Schedule C Convention 2016 in Borovets Bulgaria ctober 21th, FD

ime errestrial escue Commission valanche escue Commission ir escue Commission Medical Commission DGHandlers

06.30 - 08.00 Breakfast

08.00 - 08.30 SAR-Support 3D online maps (Nik Joint meeting AVA-MED: Burial ICAR AIR-REC: HEC equipment and Joint meeting AVA-MED: Burial Workshop Dog- Klever BWB) duration and depth explain safety card review (all) duration and depth explain Handlers Romania & avalanche survival patterns in Austri a avalanche survival patterns in Austria Bulgaria (Marcel Meier & Switzerland (Brugger) / A & Switzerland (Brugger) / A ARS) prospective randomized clinical study prospective randomized clinical study on influence of low ambient on influence of low ambient temperature on epitympanic temperature on epitympanic 08.30 - 09.00 Improvement of SAR / EU-Project temperature measurement temperature measurement (Cipras CMRS, Robert Jagodic) (Strapazzon) / Monte Carlo (Strapazzon) / Monte Carlo simulation in probing and triage simulation in probing and triage strategies in avalanche rescue strategies in avalanche rescue (Manuel Genswein) (Manuel Genswein)

09.00 - 09.30 Guideline for terrestrial search methods (V. Standahl Olsen NF) Coffee break

09.30 - 10.00 Search and Rescue Strategies: Avalanche knowledge base Review of all ICAR AIR-REC (all) Historical rescue operation (Agazzi) / Experience and outlook from the presentation of the project and Cause of death in Japanese mountain Austrian Mountain Rescue (Martin future cooperations rescue casualties 2011-15 interim Gurdet BRD) report (Oshiro) / Avalanche fatalities in Switzerland (Schn) / MR techniques in a major catastrophic 10.00 - 10.30 Coffee break incident (Schiffer) / The use of Coffee break medicines in MREW (Greene) / New 10.30 - 11.00 Statistics and overview about call Best practices in avalanches Workshop Dog- medical educative program at McGill outs (Knut Skar Norwegian SAR Dogs) (Manuel Genswein) Handlers Romania & (Roy) / 1st update in canyoning Bulgaria (Marcel Meier rescue in Spain (Soteras) / 1st ARS) medical expedition in India for spanish mountain guides (Soteras) / 11.00 - 11.30 Location system for downhill Topic for the next year (all) Severe hypothermia in 2 children mountain biking slopes accidents (A. after cold water immersion Lagroy de Croutte, A. Krim CRS F) (Nordgren)

11.30 - 12.00 Joint meeting TER-AIR: When rope Gend Loc/GeoLoc: A new application Joint meeting TER-AIR: When rope meets rotor (Charley Shimanski MRA) to locate mobile phones (Ltc Bozon meets rotor (Charley Shimanski MRA) PGHM Chamonix, P. Strappazzon SDIS74)

12.00 - 14.00 Lunch

14.00 - 14.30 Joint meeting TER-AVA-AIR: Multi-day search, recovery of an avalanche victim on a technical ice-climb Survey on casualty management Workshop Dog- (Brian Webster PC) practices surrounding analgesia Handlers Romania & (Harriet G. Stephens) Bulgaria (Marcel Meier ARS) 14.30 - 16.00 Joint workshop TER-AVA-AIR-MED: Scoop and run

16.30 - 22.00 Local event

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Conference Schedule C Convention 2016 in Borovets Bulgaria ctober 22th, SD

ime errestrial escue Commission valanche escue Commission ir escue Commission Medical Commission DGHandlers

06.30 - 08.00 Breakfast

08.00 - 08.30 Plenary session: From theory to terrain (Mathieu Pasquier CHUV, Raphael Richard OCVS, Patrick Fauchre OCVS)

08.30 - 09.00 Plenary session: Brief update about the PCDS situation (Patrick Fauchre OCVS)

09.00 - 09.30 Plenary session: SAR operati ons at Bergwacht Bayern, structure and training (Nik Klever BWB)

09.30 - 10.00 Plenary session: SAR management methodology (Andres Bardill ARS)

10.00 - 10.30 Coffee break

10.30 - 11.00 Plenary session: Alpine Safety Knowledge Base (Martin Gurdet BRD, Dominique Ltang ANENA, Manuel Genswein)

Plenary session: HEMS can provide ATLS in mountainous and remote areas (Strapazzon) / Multi casualty incidents in the mountains and remote areas (Blancher, Elsensohn) / 11.00 - 12.00 Update on accidental hypothermia (Paal) / Restrospective tyrolean study on prehospital management and outcome of avalanche patients with out-o f-hospital cardiac arrest (Strapazzon) 12.00 - 14.00 Lunch

13.00 - 14.00 ICAR Executive board (optional) meeting

14.00 - 15.00 Plenary session: Avalanche registry (Brodmann) / Case report on avalanche survival after rescue with the RECCO rescue system (Strapazzon) / Mountain rescue techniques in a major catastrophic incident (Schiffer) / Avalanche MCI in Val Frjus (Albasini)

15.00 - 15.30 Plenary session: Debriefing of the practical workshop on the pre-conference day

15.30 - 16.00 Coffee break

16.00 - 18.00 68th ICAR Assembly of delegates

18.00 - 19.00 Break

19.00 - 22.00 Gala dinner

Conference Schedule C Convention 2016 in Borovets Bulgaria ctober 23 th , SD

ime errestrial escue Commission valanche escue Commission ir escue Commission Medical Commission DGHandlers

06.30 - 08.00 Breakfast

08.00 - 11.00 Check-out and departure

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Samokov Hotel, Bulgaria Hotel, Bulgaria Floor 0 Floor 1

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Bulgaria Foyer Serdika Hall Hall Bowling AVA TER Bar Exit to Serdika Hall

Vitosha Hall Stairs to Swimming Serdika pool Rodina Hall Hall MED Exit

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Hemus Hall Bar DOG Exit Trakia Hall Lyulin Hall BOA ICAR Dunav Ha ll Bar AIR ICAR Stairs Restaurant Registration Reception to Dunav Desk Hall

Exit WC WC

Main entrance

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