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Institute of Mountain Emergency Medicine

Institute of Mountain Emergency Medicine

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Acclimatisation to high altitudes is a requirement for anyone who seeks to explore the highest elevations on earth. However, if an accident occurs in the mountains, it’s always an emergency. Our research is dedicated to emergency medicine in alpine environments as well as high altitude medicine and physiology.

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Christoph Siebenmann measuring intravascular volumes
Christoph Siebenmann measuring intravascular volumesCredit: Ivo Corrà | All rights reserved

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8 with a PhD degree
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Ongoing projects
13 of them with international partners
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Journal publications
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Presentations at scientific conferences
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Il gruppo di alpiniste e alpinisti del K2 è tornato in Eurac Research

Il gruppo di alpiniste e alpinisti del K2 è tornato in Eurac Research

Hermann Brugger's keynote lecture at 8th World Congress on Mountain and Wilderness Medicine 2024

Hermann Brugger's keynote lecture at 8th World Congress on Mountain and Wilderness Medicine 2024

Freshly released article about altitude illnesses on Nature reviews

Freshly released article about altitude illnesses on Nature reviews

Freshly released article

Freshly released article

Have a look at the freshly released article about VO2 max and exercise capacity at altitude, 70 years after the first climb of Mount Everest

Prolungare la respirazione sotto la neve. Pubblicato un nuovo studio

Prolungare la respirazione sotto la neve. Pubblicato un nuovo studio

New recommendations for the treatment of avalanche victims

New recommendations for the treatment of avalanche victims

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MAGAZINE Science Stories that Inspire

Mind the gap
interview

Mind the gap

The gender data disparity and why it needs to be reconciled
To K2!
article

To K2!

A project by Eurac Research is investigating the physiology of eight female mountaineers on their way to climb the second highest mountain on Earth
Can science explain mountaineering?
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Can science explain mountaineering?

Studies on human physiology often accompany great mountaineering feats, however the results of these studies are at times, contradicted by reality.
Come si cambia dopo un incidente in montagna
interview

Come si cambia dopo un incidente in montagna

Uno studio dimostra che le persone a volte sviluppano disturbi psicologici da stress, ma possono anche uscire più forti dall’incidente
A month of ice
article

A month of ice

In the terraXcube's icing research tunnel, drones fly through freezing cold clouds
The rescued hand
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The rescued hand

A man survives for 23 hours under an avalanche and his treatment sets new standards.
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