From Matterhorn to Mt Everest: empowering rescuers and improving medical care in Nepal.
Wilderness & environmental medicine · 2014-05-28 · Other / unclear
Abstract
This article describes a private initiative in which professional Swiss rescuers, based at the foot of the Matterhorn, trained Nepalese colleagues in advanced high altitude helicopter rescue and medical care techniques. What started as a limited program focused on mountain safety has rapidly developed into a comprehensive project to improve rescue and medical care in the Mt Everest area for both foreign travelers and the local Nepalese people.