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Oct 1, 2026
Anatomy of a Safe Everest Expedition
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10:58Lisa ThompsonHOST
And again, I'm going to do a high level recap of some of the things that we spoke about on our first webinar.
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11:06Lisa ThompsonHOST
i love data and as you probably know at everest there is an er to a tent that is supported by men and women who are medical professionals around the world they volunteer their time to be at the everest er and they of course record you know the how they treat patients throughout the climbing season.
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11:29Lisa ThompsonHOST
So the most common reason that people go to the Everest ER is that they have some sort of a respiratory infection or distress, which is generally classified as the Khumbu cough.
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11:40Lisa ThompsonHOST
We'll talk a little bit about what that is in a second.
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11:43Lisa ThompsonHOST
Most of those patients, though, are treated and returned to their expedition.