International Commission for Mountain Emergency Medicine ICAR MEDCOM

SPRING MEETING 2008 , April 23-27, 2007

Dear friends,

We are looking forward to our spring meeting 2008 that will be held in the refuge “La Montanina” on a plateau called “Piani Resinelli” near the rural town in the , Italy April 23th - 27th, 2007. Meeting room with all facilities, lunch and dinner as well as accommodation will be arranged in the same hut.

We will be guests of the Corpo Nazionale Soccorso Alpino e Speleologico CNSAS, the Italian Mountain and Cave Rescue Service. Mario Milani and all other friends who are involved: many thanks in advance for the or- ganisation and your magnificent hospitality!

PLEASE SEND A BRIEF MESSAGE TO MARIO MILANI [email protected] CONFIRMING YOUR ATTENDANCE. PLEASE INFORM MARIO IF YOU NEED TRANSPORT FROM /MILANO AIRPORT OR FROM LECCO.

On Thursday and Friday we will mainly focus on our papers “Medical training of first responders in mountain rescue”, “Statement on an ‘ideal’ air rescue service in terms of integration between the services involved”, “Initial assessment of casualties in the mountains”, “Splinting: KED, C-collars, spine board, SAM, vacuum mattress”, “A Modular First Aid Kit for Alpinists, Mountain Guides and Alpinist Physicians (update)”.

On Saturday we will start for some hiking or rock climbing in the mountains close to the hut. Bring your walking boots and climbing gear.

To all first-authors of our papers and other presentations: please bring with you a Word-formatted text on a diskette for digital presentation plus about 20 hard copies. A projector and computer with USB port will be available.

If you have any additional workshop or case report, bring all materials and papers for short presentations and discussions. Please send me the topic of your presentation via E-mail some weeks in advance.

PLEASE NOTICE THAT WE’LL COMMENCE ON THURSDAY APRIL 24 AT 8:30 A.M., SO PLEASE TRY TO BE IN THE HUT “LA MONTANINA” ON WEDNESDAY 23.

Please notice that invitations are sent by e-mail. Paper invitations will be sent only to those who expres- sively requested it on the address list (see attachment). This invitation is addressed directly to you as a member of ICAR MEDCOM, but not to the respective rescue organisation. I’d warmly recommend, inform your organisation about your participation!

Do not hesitate to contact me, if you have some more suggestions or questions about the agenda. I am looking forward with a very great pleasure to meeting you in Lecco!

With warm regards to all,

Hermann Bruneck, January 31st, 2008

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SPRING MEETING 2008 LECCO, ITALY April 23-27, 2007

Preliminary Programme

Thursday April 24th

08.30 – 10.00 OPENING AND WELCOME

MEMBERS AND ADDRESSES Update

MINUTES OF THE LAST MEETING Comments & approval (Ellerton)

OUTLINE OF THE MEETING’S PROGRAMME (Milani)

PRESIDENT’S REPORT

FINANCIAL REPORT & BANK ACCOUNT (Elsensohn)

DVD “TIME IS LIFE” advertising & sale (Brugger)

INTERNET: NEW IKAR WEBSITE (Brugger) & LISTSERVER (Ledoux)

10.00 – 10.30 Coffee break

10.30 – 12.00 THE UIAA-ICAR-ISMM DIPLOMA OF MOUNTAIN EMERGENCY MEDICINE (Ellerton, Brugger) – Report of the working group (Ellerton, Watson, Brugger)

PAPERS & PUBLICATIONS SUBMITTED OR IN PRESS – Jacomet H, Zen Ruffinen G, Winterberger E, Syme D, Ledoux X, Jelk B. The use of extrication devices in crevasse accidents. Wild Environm Med, submitted – Sumann G, Zenruffinen G, Brugger H, Ellerton J, Paal P, Dahlberg T, Zafren K, Mair P. Traumatic shock: pre-hospital management in mountain rescue – practical recommendation and short review of the literature, submitted PAPERS IN PREPARATION – Zuljan I, Agazzi G, Svajda D, Ellerton J, Boyd J. Eye problems in mountain rescue, final

12.00 – 14.00 Lunch

14.00 – 15.30 PAPERS IN PREPARATION – Elsensohn F, Swangard M, Dahlberg T, Ellerton J, Forster H, Jacomet H, Ledoux X, Paal P, Su- mann G, Švajda D, Winterberger E. Training of first responders in Mountain Rescue (co-operation with other ICAR commissions), final

15.30 – 16.00 Tea break

16.00 – 18.00 PAPERS IN PREPARATION

– Elsensohn F, Swangard M, Dahlberg T, Ellerton J, Forster H, Jacomet H, Ledoux X, Paal P, Su- mann G, Švajda D, Winterberger E. Training of first responders in Mountain Rescue (co-operation with other ICAR commissions), final

18.00 – 20.00 DINNER

2 Friday April 25th

08.30 – 10.00 PAPERS IN PREPARATION

– Tomazin I, Soteras I, Reisten O. Statement on an ‘ideal’ air rescue service in terms of integration between the services involved (co-operation with other ICAR commissions), draft

10.00 – 10.30 Coffee break

10.30 – 12.00 PAPERS IN PREPARATION

– Tomazin I, Soteras I, Reisten O. Statement on an ‘ideal’ air rescue service in terms of integration between the services involved (co-operation with other ICAR commissions), draft

12.00 – 14.00 Lunch

14.00 – 15.30 PAPERS IN PREPARATION

– Ellerton J, Elsensohn F, Demetz F, Brugger H, Svajda D, Tomazin I, Paal P. Splinting: KED, C- collars, spine board, SAM, vacuum mattress (frame)

15.30 – 16.00 Tea break

16.00 – 18.00 PAPERS IN PREPARATION

– Reisten O, Soteras I, Wiget U. A Modular First Aid Kit for Alpinists, Mountain Guides and Alpinist Physicians (update)

18.00 – 20.00 DINNER

Saturday April 26th

07.30 – 14.00 EXCURSION

14.00 – 15.00 Break

15.00 – 16.30 PAPERS IN PREPARATION

– Elsensohn F, Zenruffinen G, Ellerton J, Sumann G, Zafren K, Nerin MA, Brugger H. Initial assess- ment of casualties in the mountains (frame).

16.30 – 17.00 Break

17.00 – 18.30 NEW PAPERS FORTHCOMING EVENTS ICAR

– 2008 October 08 – 12 ICAR MEDCOM fall meeting & general assembly (France, Chamonix) – 2009 March-April ICAR MEDCOM spring meeting (Bulgaria) – 2009 October ICAR MEDCOM fall meeting & general assembly (Switzerland, Zermatt) OTHER EVENTS – 2009 Specialty Course Mountain Emergency Medicine (Nepal)

18.00 – 20.00 DINNER

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SPRING MEETING 2008 LECCO, ITALY April 23-27, 2007

How to reach Lecco - Piani Resinelli

A number of on-line maps help you to find the right way: http://www.viamichelin.it/viamichelin/ita/tpl/hme/MaHomePage.htm http://www.tcs.ch/main/it/home/verkehrsinfo/reiserouten.html

1 – From Milan Take “Tangenziale Est”, “Tangenziale Ovest”, “Tangenziale Nord”, then follow direction Lecco – Son- drio; take the motorway Milano - Lecco for about 50km. After the bridge over the river “” take exit "". At the end of the motorway, go straight ahead to “Ballabio”. Just behind the tunnel you will find a roundabout; go ahead and follow direction "Piani Resinelli".

2 – From Bergamo Coming from the North-east of Italy take the motorway A4 (Venice – Milan) towards Milan. Take the exit ‘Bergamo’ and follow the by-pass of Bergamo towards Lecco. When you come to Lecco follow direction to “Valsassina”. Near the hospital called “Ospedale Manzoni” take the tunnel to “Valsassina” that brings you directly to Ballabio. Just behind the tunnel you will find a roundabout; go straight ahead and follow direction "Piani Resinelli".

3 – From Switzerland Lugano – Maloja Pass Driving from Lugano to Italy you’ll reach Chiasso after the border. Take exit “ Sud” and follow the signs to Lecco. Take the country road (not the motorway) for about 25 km and then the motorway towards Lecco. After the bridge over the river “Adda” take exit "Valsassina". At the end of the motor- way, go straight ahead to “Ballabio”. Just behind the tunnel you will find a roundabout; go ahead and follow direction "Piani Resinelli". From Maloja Pass follow “Milano – Lecco” to Lecco, then “Valsassina” or “Ballabio” and “Piani Resinelli”.

4 – From Airport Milano / Bergamo The nearest airports are Milan Linate or Milan Malpensa and Bergamo Orio al Serio. Take a train if you don’t hire a car. 1) Milan airports: take the shuttle bus or a taxi to Milan’s railway station “Milano Centrale” or “Milano Porta Garibaldi” where a train leaves every hour to Lecco-Sondrio-Tirano. 2) From Bergamo Orio al Serio: take a shuttle bus to the railway station of Bergamo (departure every 30 min). On URL http://www.trenitalia.com/en/index.html you’ll find train schedules to Lecco. Tell me your arrival time at Lecco, so I will provide transport with my car from Lecco (may be also from Bergamo) to Resinelli (☺).

Casa alpina ‘La Montanina’ It is a big hut. You can find it on http://earth.google.com/ or by asking local people when you arrive at the Piani Resinelli. GPS co-ordinates: 45°54’07’’.00 N 9°22’51’’.53 E

4 Some useful web address about Lecco and Grigne http://www.summitpost.org/parent/152376/grigne.html http://www.italianvisits.com/lombardia/lecco/ http://www.climb-europe.com/italy/RockClimbingLakeComo.htm http://www.lakeofcomo.info/

Would you like to learn Italian? Use the dictionary http://www.pbm.com/%7Elindahl/florio/

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