Ciesa Marta, Grigolato Stefano, Cavalli Raffaele
Department of Land, Environment, Agriculture and Forestry, University of Padova, Legnaro, Italy.
Department of Land, Environment, Agriculture and Forestry, University of Padova, Legnaro, Italy.
Wilderness Environ Med. 2015 Jun;26(2):150-8. doi: 10.1016/j.wem.2014.10.008. Epub 2015 Feb 16.
The rising number of people involved in outdoor recreation and tourism in mountain forest and wilderness areas close to urban areas has led to an increase of rescue efforts in the last decades. The study analyzes rescue operations in 2 mountain areas of the Veneto Prealps in Italy.
A retrospective review of search and rescue incident reports for a 20-year period was performed. The study also takes into consideration any differences between accidents in the 2 areas in relation to the morphology and mountain activities involved.
There has been an increase in accidents, and the greater participation in mountain activities does not seem to be accompanied by an improvement in knowledge of the specific risks in this kind of environment. Inexperience is reflected in many reasons for callouts and is related to the remarkable rise in the number of rescued but uninjured people; the trend of fatalities and injuries is otherwise stable. Comparison of the 2 areas reveals differences in accidents mainly attributable to diversities in mountain activities involved that led to different health consequences.
Search and rescue missions in mountain areas are dangerous for rescuers and made difficult by the severe environment. The knowledge of accident characteristics is therefore very important and is necessary to reduce risks for tourists and healthcare costs. To tackle the problem of safety there is also a need for more information in the form of preventive education and publicity about the typical hazards.
在过去几十年中，参与城市周边山区森林和荒野户外休闲及旅游活动的人数不断增加，这导致救援工作增多。本研究分析了意大利威尼托前阿尔卑斯山脉两个山区的救援行动。
对20年期间的搜救事件报告进行回顾性分析。该研究还考虑了两个地区事故在涉及的地形和山地活动方面的差异。
事故有所增加，参与山地活动人数增多，但人们对这类环境中特定风险的认知似乎并未改善。经验不足体现在许多求救原因中，且与获救但未受伤人数的显著增加有关；伤亡趋势则保持稳定。对两个地区的比较显示，事故差异主要归因于所涉及山地活动的不同，进而导致不同的健康后果。
山区的搜救任务对救援人员来说很危险，恶劣环境也增加了难度。因此，了解事故特征非常重要，这对于降低游客风险和医疗成本是必要的。为解决安全问题，还需要通过预防性教育和宣传等形式提供更多关于典型危险的信息。
