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1 Program ICAR Convention Lake Tahoe 2014 Sunday, Oct Arrival of participants, registration Briefing for pre-conference workshop 2000 Dinner Program ICAR Convention Lake Tahoe 2014 Monday, Oct Pre-conference workshop on avalanche rescue Heavenly Valley Ski Area Registration Opening of conference 2000 Dinner 1

2 Program ICAR Convention Lake Tahoe 2014 Tuesday, Oct Commission Meeting Commission Meeting Welcome Presentation of the new members Program of the conference Incident - Accident Review All Norway Accident Review Alf Peter Kahrs, Dan Halvorsen Norway Welcome Members and addresses Minutes of the last meeting Outline of the meetings program President's report Financial report and bank account (Vogt) Report of 2014 ISMM world congress Bolzano New papers submitted, published or in press Coffee Break Preparing Climbing Rangers for Rescue on Mt. Rainier Stefan Longren, MRA Commission Meeting Accident Review USA Casey Ping, MRA Virtual Search Planning Paul Burke, MRA A History of US Avalanche Accidents and Rescues Dale Atkins, Alpine Rescue Team, Evergreen, Colorado, USA Accident List Update Casey Ping, MRA A modular first aid kit for alpinists, mountain guides and alpinist physicians O. Reisten, I. Soteras, U. Wiget Accident of a Rescuer in Action Theo Maurer, ARS In the Path of an Avalanche John Bufferey, Parks Canada / CAA Accident Review Canada Brian Webster, Canada final discussion and approval Lunch 2

3 Program ICAR Convention Lake Tahoe 2014 Tuesday, Oct The SALVAMONT Application Sabin Cornoiu, SALVAMONT The Whiterisk Avalanche Prevention Platform Lukas Dürr, SLF/WSL Hoist Fall Possible Recommendation? All / Casey Ping, MRA Searching for Humans with Mobile Networks Andrzej Gorka, TOPR Dramatical Avalanche on Mont-Maudit JB Estachy, PGHM Chamonix Consumer Electronics and Avalanche Transceivers Erwin Meister, Adaxys Ilari Dammert, Mammut Methodology and Missions Doug Russel, Washoe County Aviation Multiple Casualties Karlheinz Burtscher, OEAMTC Avalanche Victim Resuscitation Checklist M. Blancher, A. Kottman final discussion and approval Coffee Break Slalom Probing Taskgroup Probe Line Strategy Communication between Crew Michel Pierre, Sécurité Civile Difficulties in Rescue Missions Due to Frozen Equipment Florian Austruy, GSM Multiple Helicopter Operation Michel Pierre, Sécurité Civile Mass Casualty Incidents in the Mountains Standardization of Avalanche Rescue Curriculum Lukas Dürr, Joe Obad, Manuel Genswein, Dominique Létang Open for Discussion Draft and first discussion 1800 Board Meeting 1900 Dinner 3

4 Program ICAR Convention Lake Tahoe 2014 Wednesday, Oct Snowmobiling in Sweden in Trends, Attitudes to Risk and Knowledge about Avalanches Per Olov Wikberg, Swedish Mountain Safety Council Nepal Update Gerold Biner, KWRO Multi-Victim Rescue on Mont-Ruan Pascal Strappazzon, Stéphane Marcellin, GMSP Haute-Savoie A Study for Promoting Rescue Success of Avalanche Dog Handler Units Ten. Col. Fabio Mannucci, SAGF How Uepaa! Quickens your Rescue Mission Mathias Haussmann, Uepaa! Field Line Search Revisited Felix Meier Arc teryx New Equipment James Bronson, Arc teryx Open for Discussion Avalanche Search and Sea Hoist Rescue Lasse Coucheron, Norwegian Coast Guard Avalanche Search Update Patrick Fauchère, OCVS Evidence based Recommendations for Canyoning Rescue I. Soteras, G. Strappazon Short Communications (20 Min.) Agazzi Caving accident in Germany Schiffer Coffee Break Terrestrial Recco Search Manuel Genswein Free Topic Alf Peter Kahrs, Norwegian Air Ambulance New Papers Avalanche Victim Resuscitation Checklist Presentation and Discussion Election of ICAR President situation and update Avalanche Victim Resuscitation Checklist Multi Victim Task Group Presentation and Discussion Subject for 2015 / Practical Day / Varia All Multi Victim Task Group Lunch 4

5 Program ICAR Convention Lake Tahoe 2014 Wednesday, Oct Le Lezard Guillaume Oudot, Petzl High Risk Avalanche Search Alf Peter Kahrs, Dan Halvorsen, Norway Multi-Victim Rescue Organization Pascal Strappazzon, Stéphane Marcellin, GMSP Haute-Savoie Forthcoming Events ICAR 2015 SAREXPO Chile 2015 Spring meeting Ticino Switzerland 2015 IKAR Meeting Ireland 2016 Spring meeting Cape Town, South Africa Coffee Break Local Event 2000 Dinner 5

6 Program ICAR Convention Lake Tahoe 2014 Thursday, Oct. 09 Joint Session All Commissions Medical Aspects in Disaster Management M. Blancher Cold-Wet-Pain: Treat the Basics: Limitations in Multi-Casualty Incidents Volker Lischke Why is Organization and Communication Important to Save Life? Mike Greene Helicopter Based Search for Buried Subjects in Avalanches Manuel Genswein, Patrick Fauchère OCVS Avalanche Pte. de Masserey Raphael Richard, Greg Zen Ruffinen, Patrick Fauchère, OCVS Coffee Break Le Lezard Raphael Richard, Patrick Fauchère, OCVS New Products and Technology Matthias Mock, Uepaa! Vision Zero: Applying Road Safety to Mountain Rescuer Safety Dale Atkins, RECCO Lunch 6

7 Program ICAR Convention Lake Tahoe 2014 Thursday, Oct. 09 Joint Session All Commissions Board Meeting Debriefing of Practical Workshop Annual Report of Medical Commission Annual Report of Terrestrial Rescue Commission Annual Report of Avalanche Rescue Commission Annual Report of Air Rescue Commission Annual Report of Prevention Workgroup Break Assembly of Delegates 1730 Closing of Conference 1900 Banquet 7

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