The EURAC Institute of Mountain Emergency Medicine was founded in 2009 as the first research institute in this field.

Mountain Emergency Medicine is a specialist area within Emergency Medicine. Its main aim is to improve the diagnosis and treatment of casualties and acutely ill patients in mountainous regions by raising the standard of Alpine emergency medicine to an internationally recognised 'evidence-based' level. 

This will lead to a rational basis for the allocation of resources in the field of medical rescue services in mountainous areas. Responsibilities of the Institute include the promotion, coordination and completion of scientific projects which will be published in peer-reviewed medical journals, as well as organising national and international training courses, workshops and conferences. 

The main focus of the research embraces topics such as hypothermia and epidemiological investigations on the treatment of injuries and acute illnesses in difficult terrain, as well as the risks involved in the recovery and transportation of the casualties.​

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18.10.2014 EURAC beim International Mountain Summit Im Höhenbergsteigen wie auch im Breitensport werden immer häufiger Medikamente zur Vorbeugung der Höhenkrankheit, als Schmerztherapie oder zur Leistungssteigerung eingenommen. Nebenwirkungen und negative gesundheitliche Folgen werden vielfach nicht beachtet oder unterschätzt.

03.06.2014 New chapter opens in Mountain Medicine 10th World Congress on High Altitude Medicine and Physiology draws to a close at EURAC in Bozen/Bolzano Over 250 specialised talks in the space of seven days, exercises in mountain rescue techniques as well as practical workshops, all this featured on the extensive programme around mountain ...

30.05.2014 Everest 1978 - Das Unglaubliche bezwingen Reinhold Messner und Oswald Oelz sprechen im Rahmen des 10. Weltkongresses für Gebirgs-, Höhen-und alpine Notfallmedizin zum ersten Mal gemeinsam über die Erstbesteigung des Mount Everest ohne zusätzlichen Sauerstoff im Jahr 1978. Oelz war damals der betreuende Expeditionsarzt.

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