In an avalanche burial with an air pocket hypercapnia (and hypoxia) develops within few minutes, hypercapnia increases the rate of cooling and therefore the development of hypothermia. The Triple H Syndrome (Hypoxia, Hypercapnia, Hypothermia) occurs. This specific combination of the three parameters is unique for avalanche burial with an air pocket. Every single parameter has a substantial effect on the hemoglobin-oxygen dissociation curve, but until now no study described the combination of these three parameters. This curve will be measured under these specific conditions in a specifically developed in vitro model, to quantify its shifts and to show if there are combined effects of pCO2 and temperature. The newly developed method will be validated in comparison with an established method. The project will be performed with whole blood, drawn by healthy volunteers, in an experimental setting. The samples will be blinded to the investigator and analyzed in a randomized manner.
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amount of p50 in different levels of hypercapnia and hypothermia
Timeframe: day 1