Altitude Emergencies in the Prehospital Environment BACKGROUND DEFINITIONS PRE-MISSION PLANNING AND RISK MITIGATION EFFECTS OF ALTITUDE ON PRE-EXISTING MEDICAL CONDITIONS PRE-ACCLIMATIZATION ACUTE MOUNTAIN SICKNESS (AMS) HIGH ALTITUDE CEREBRAL EDEMA (HACE) HIGH ALTITUDE PULMONARY EDEMA (HAPE) PORTABLE HYPERBARIC CHAMBER (PHC) USE RAPID ASCENT PROTOCOL FOR UNACCLIMATIZED PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT (PI) MONITORING REFERENCES APPENDIX A: ALTITUDE EMERGENCIES INITIAL MANAGEMENT ALGORITHM APPENDIX B: 2018 LAKE LOUISE ACUTE MOUNTAIN SICKNESS SCORE APPENDIX C: ALTITUDE EMERGENCIES DOCUMENTATION APPENDIX D: CLASS VIII MEDICAL MATERIEL APPENDIX E: TELEMEDICINE/TELECONSULTATION APPENDIX F: INFORMATION REGARDING OFF-LABEL USES IN CPGS DOWNLOAD CPG IN PDF