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Canadian Everest 2008
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Tuesday May 27, 2008
Day 57 CSA-Everest Operational Space Medicine Project (Dispatch)

Sunday May 25, 2008
Day 55 Descending to Base Camp (Dispatch)

Saturday May 24, 2008
Day 54 Descending to Camp II (Dispatch)

Saturday May 17, 2008
Day 47 Everest Team Presents at International Space Medicine Summit (Delayed Dispatch)

Wednesday May 21, 2008
Day 52 Climb to the Summit! (Delayed Dispatch)

Wednesday May 21, 2008
Day 52 Climb to the South Col. (Delayed Dispatch)

Wednesday May 21, 2008
Day 51, Climb to Camp III (Delayed Dispatch)

Monday May 19 and Tuesday May 20, 2008
Day 49 and 50, Climb to Camp II and Rest Day (Delayed Dispatch)

Friday May 23, 2008
Day 53, Audio Dispatch after successful summit! (Audio Dispatch)

Thursday May 22, 2008
Day 52, Audio Dispatch from Camp IV (Audio Dispatch)

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Expedition Operator


The members of the Canadian Medical Operations Team are part of a larger expedition making a bid for the summit. The larger expedition is organized by Summit Climb and is led by Arnold Coster.

Be sure to check out their updates (almost daily) to get a higher level view of the expedition. You can link directly to summitclimb.com here:

Everest Climb on SummitClimb.com 


Christian and Eric Otto of the Canadian Mt. Everest Medical Operations Expedition have successfully summited Mount Everest!

 
The Otto brothers celebrating on the summit of Mount Everest
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Congratulations on a successful Expedition!

Christian Otto called in a dispatch after the successful summit.
[click here] Also recently posted is a delayed dispatch with 23 pictures of Summit Day. [click here]
The Medical Expedition

Goals:

During their ascent, the Medical Operations Team will be providing medical care to the expedition & climbers from other expeditions in need of emergency medical management.

Furthermore, the team will be making an attempt for the summit all the while focused on the following activities:

- Study human performance & remote medical operations in one of the world’s most extreme environments.

- Medical research on cardio-pulmonary, & brain function at high altitude.

- Real-time exploration medical operations management.

- Telepresence guidance & interpretation of heart, lung & brain scans on expedition team climbers Summit Mount Everest.

Store & Forward Transmission of:

- Echocardiogram colour doppler videos & stills on climbing team following changes in cardio-pulmonary pressures with ascent

Canadian Everest 2008 team has successful test of satellite communications hardware, video conferencing, and realtime echocardiography!

- Echocardiogram, & ultrasound imaging of lung tissue on sick climbers with High Altitude Pulmonary Edema

- Intracranial pressure data from the climbers during ascent using ultrasound imaging of the optic nerve disc

- Blood oxygen saturation, Blood pressure, HR data on climbers

- Everest mission sortie climbing video

- Realtime scanning with CSA & Ottawa Heart Institute from Mt. Everest Schedule 2-3 realtime pulmonary & echocardiogram sessions over 2 month period

Allow remote telepresence assessment & mentoring from Mission control hub & consulting partner institutions
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Quick Facts


 is the current time on Mt. Everest.

The expedition has moved close to 10,000 kg of gear up to base camp.

At Base Camp the oxygen levels are barely half of what we have at sea level. read more

Just above Base Camp is the Khumbu Icefall. It's the fastest moving glacier on earth and moves down the mountain at a rate of about 4 feet per day!

Mt. Everest is the highest peak on Earth at 8,850 metres (29,035 feet).

The serious effects of high altitude and physically demanding terrain means the team will require roughly 45 days before attempting the summit. view our route

We've had 17879 visitors since we started the expedition.

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