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MTN Medic · 03-29-2012, 20:10

I disagree with your reasoning. The prevalence of AMS above 15,000 is quite high (above 50% in unaclimatized climbers) and not treating is simply unsound medicine.

Wait until one of your patients progresses from AMS into HAPE/HACE. You will need a new set of drawers. I have treated such a patient and it was time and gear intensive and quite frankly scary as hell. WHEN you have one of these patients, you will realize to dangerous this line of thinking is.

BTW Acetazolamide is cheap as hell and team mates that get droopy ### that often need something other than a Z-pac, they need an education and an ass kicking.

03-29-2012, 20:10	#18
MTN Medic Quiet Professional Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: FCCO Posts: 403	I disagree with your reasoning. The prevalence of AMS above 15,000 is quite high (above 50% in unaclimatized climbers) and not treating is simply unsound medicine. Wait until one of your patients progresses from AMS into HAPE/HACE. You will need a new set of drawers. I have treated such a patient and it was time and gear intensive and quite frankly scary as hell. WHEN you have one of these patients, you will realize to dangerous this line of thinking is. BTW Acetazolamide is cheap as hell and team mates that get droopy ### that often need something other than a Z-pac, they need an education and an ass kicking. __________________ "The society that separates its scholars from its warriors will have its thinking done by cowards and its fighting done by fools. -Thucydides: Last edited by MTN Medic; 03-29-2012 at 20:19.
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