Partners

The Medical Commission of the International Commission for Alpine Rescue (ICAR) is a medical service for mountaineers and their rescuers. It acts as a forum for mountain emergency medicine and publishes statements, recommendations and guidelines, trying to reach a consensus between mountain rescue experts and doctors on the best ways of treatment of casualties in the mountains. It develops recommendations for mountaineers aimed at preventing mountain accidents.

The International Society of Mountain Medicine (ISMM) is an international body which is open to everyone interested in mountain medicine. ISMM was founded by the UIAA Medical Commission in 1986.  It deals with all different aspects of mountain medicine, mainly on a scientific level. ISMM has 450 members. The current presidents of the MedCom UIAA and MedCom ICAR are always on the advisory board of the ISMM.

The Wilderness Medical Society (WMS), is a leading organisation dealing with all different aspects of wilderness medicine.
 (mountaineering, diving, space medicine, survival in deserts etc.). In the last few years we have collaborated closely with the WMS, which is mainly active in the USA and has about 3500 members.