Epidemiological Trends in Search and Rescue Incidents Documented by the Alpine Club of Canada From 1970 to 2005 Gwynn M. Curran-Sills, MSc, MD, Amalia.

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Epidemiological Trends in Search and Rescue Incidents Documented by the Alpine Club of Canada From 1970 to 2005 Gwynn M. Curran-Sills, MSc, MD, Amalia Karahalios, MPH, PhD Wilderness & Environmental Medicine Volume 26, Issue 4, Pages 536-543 (December 2015) DOI: 10.1016/j.wem.2015.07.001 Copyright © 2015 Wilderness Medical Society Terms and Conditions

Figure 1 The frequency of casualties by year as reported within the Alpine Club of Canada database from January 1970 to June 2005. Wilderness & Environmental Medicine 2015 26, 536-543DOI: (10.1016/j.wem.2015.07.001) Copyright © 2015 Wilderness Medical Society Terms and Conditions

Figure 2 The distribution of casualties, morbidity, and fatalities by month as reported within the Alpine Club of Canada database from January 1970 to June 2005. Casualties (blue bars): males 788 (57.2%), females 247 (17.9%), unknown sex 342 (24.8%). Morbidity (red bars): males 517 (54.8%), females 191 (20.2%), unknown sex 236 (25%). Fatalities (green bars): males 271 (62.6%), females 56 (12.9%), unknown sex 106 (24.5%). Wilderness & Environmental Medicine 2015 26, 536-543DOI: (10.1016/j.wem.2015.07.001) Copyright © 2015 Wilderness Medical Society Terms and Conditions

Figure 3 The presumptive cause of an incident as reported within the Alpine Club of Canada database from January 1970 to June 2005. Multiple causes were typically attributed to each incident. Definition for the causes are as follows: human error (solo activity, inadequate or lacking equipment, technique, ability, and navigation); slips and falls (casualty fall into or on crevasse, water, ice, rock, snow, or object); equipment failure (anchor, knot, protection, and rope failure); and nontraumatic conditions (please see Table 4, types of nontraumatic morbidity, for all conditions included in this definition). Wilderness & Environmental Medicine 2015 26, 536-543DOI: (10.1016/j.wem.2015.07.001) Copyright © 2015 Wilderness Medical Society Terms and Conditions

Figure 4 The distribution of incidents by Canadian province as reported within the Alpine Club of Canada database from January 1970 to June 2005. Provinces or territories with no data are indicated by N/A. Wilderness & Environmental Medicine 2015 26, 536-543DOI: (10.1016/j.wem.2015.07.001) Copyright © 2015 Wilderness Medical Society Terms and Conditions