1. Wilderness Medical Society Practice Guidelines for Prevention and Management of Avalanche and Nonavalanche Snow Burial Accidents 
Christopher Van Tilburg, MD, Colin K. Grissom, MD, Ken Zafren, MD, Scott McIntosh, MD, MPH, Martin I. Radwin, MD, Peter Paal, MD, Pascal Haegeli, PhD, William “Will” R. Smith, MD, Albert R. Wheeler, MD, David Weber, FP-C, Bruce Tremper, MS, Hermann Brugger, MD 
Wilderness & Environmental Medicine 
Volume 28, Issue 1, Pages (March 2017)
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2. Figure 1
A comparison of the Swiss avalanche survival curve (bolded line) and the Canadian survival curve (dashed line) over the same 25-year period, from 1980 to Note the rapid drop after 10 minutes in the Canadian curve, although the curve maintains the same morphologic survival phases as the Swiss curve.3
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3. Figure 2
Backpack shown with an airbag deployed and inflated, combined with an artificial air pocket device.
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4. Figure 3
The artificial air pocket device that diverts expired air away from inspired air during avalanche burial is intended to prolong survival of fully buried avalanche victims. The white arrows show the flow of inspired air, and the gray arrows show the flow of expired air.
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5. Figure 4 Avalanche rescue sequence.
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6. Figure 5
Avalanche accident algorithm for management of completely buried victims. ECLS, extracorporeal life support.11
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7. Figure 6
A, The Avalanche Resuscitation Checklist page 1 from International Commission for Alpine Rescue (modified from Kottmann et al115). B, The Avalanche Resuscitation Checklist page 2 from International Commission for Alpine Rescue (modified from Kottmann et al115).
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