Guide médical des sports de montagne

The authors, all specialists in their field, determine how to act correctly in emergency situations - specifically by type of mountain sport and by age group. 

Articles on training (climbing, endurance sports), nutrition, emergency pharmacy and acute events such as allergies and substance abuse complement this reference work. 

In collaboration with the Swiss Society of Mountain Medicine SSMM and the Mountain Medical Intervention Group GRIMM. Lead author Urs Hefti is a surgeon, orthopaedist, sports physician and chief medical officer of the Swiss Sportclinic in Berne. 

A member of the committee of the Swiss Society of Mountain Medicine and the medical commission of the UIAA, he is actively involved in the development of medicine in the service of mountain sports, particularly for expeditions and very high altitude.

•  First aid
• Illnesses
• Prevention
• Training