The Himalayan Rescue Association is a volunteer medical service organization based in Kathmandu, Nepal. We were founded in 1973 to help prevent deaths from altitude sickness among trekkers in the high Himalayan mountains in Nepal. We are accomplishing this goal through education, treatment, and research. We run two high-altitude clinics, one in the Annapurna region and one in the Everest region.

Altitude Illness Information

The information is organized below into levels of increasing detail, from most general and straightforward (our brochure) to detailed information for physicians.

• The HRA brochure on altitude illness
• English -- Mountain Sickness and Other Hazards in the Nepal Himalaya
• French -- Le Mal De Montagne Et D'Autres Périls Dans L'Himalaya Du Népal
• German -- Akute Hoehenkrankheit und Andere Gefahren im Himalaya
• Dutch -- Hoogteziekte en andere gevaren in de Nepalese Himalaya
• Spanish --
• Japanese --
• Altitude illness explained - More information, at the level of the one-hour lectures given each afternoon in our clinics.
• Altitude illness clinical guide for physicians

Trekkers' Health Information

• Travellers' diarrhea in Nepal
• Water treatment
• High Altitude Cough
• Helicopter Rescues

Other Stuff...

• Links to related organizations and information
• Photographs
• Photographs of the Himalayan Mountains and other scenery
• Photographs of people in Nepal
• Photographs of the HRA and other things vaguely medical
  

The Himalayan Rescue Association

• Himalayan Rescue Association mission statement
• History of the Himalayan Rescue Association
• How to find us in Kathmandu
• Volunteering for the HRA
• Dr. Buddha Basnyat: "Have You Got What It Takes?"
• Dr. Ken Zafren: "Information For Volunteers"

Thomas E. Dietz, M.D.
Staff Physician & Webmaster, Himalayan Rescue Association
How to reach me.

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Last modified 03-September-1996