UIAA mountain medicine information sheets
Mountain medicine information sheets published by UIAA Mountain Medicine Centre and hosted by the BMC (British Mountaineering Council) website:
- Mountain sickness, oedemas and travel to high altitudes - MedSheet01.pdf (65 KB)
- Climbing at extreme altitude above 7000 metres - MedSheet02.pdf (59 KB)
- Diamox, dexamethasone and nifedipine at high altitude - MedSheet03.pdf (54 KB)
- Portable altitude compression (PAC) chambers - MedSheet04.pdf (50 KB)
- First aid kits: Medical equipment - MedSheet05.pdf (85 KB)
- Sunscreens and altitude - MedSheet06.pdf (48 KB)
- International transport of drugs, bottled gas and oxygen - MedSheet07.pdf (30 KB)
- Oxygen systems for use at high altitudes - MedSheet08.pdf (58 KB)
- Deaths during mountaineering at extreme altitude - MedSheet09.pdf (47 KB)
- Frostbite - practical suggestions - MedSheet10.pdf (43 KB)
- Oral contraceptives and high altitudes - MedSheet11.pdf (35 KB)