Case challenge · Emergency / Environmental injury · teaching

Acute Altitude Illness — Management Pathway · case challenge

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Case #1Emergency / Environmental injury

📋 Case data

TypeAMS (mild)

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Type (AMS / HACE / HAPE)?

💡 Usually with rapid ascent to high altitude (>2500 m). AMS: headache + fatigue/GI/dizziness/poor sleep. HACE: cerebral edema — ataxia, altered consciousness/drowsiness → coma. HAPE: non-cardiogenic pulmonary edema — dyspnea at rest, cough, hypoxemia, crackles. Clinical diagnosis. General rule: stop ascending; descent is most important.

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