Terrain experiments for avalanche survival research require appropriate snow conditions, which may not be available year round. To prepare these experiments and test the protocol, it might be advantageous to test them in a laboratory with a snow model. The aim of the study was to find a material that can be used to simulate snow for studying gas exchange of a person covered with avalanche snow. Three loose porous materials (perlite, wood shavings and polystyrene) were tested in two forms—dry and moisturized. Each volunteer underwent six phases of the experiment in random order (three materials, each dry and moisturized) during experimental breathing into the tested materials. Physiological parameters and fractions of oxygen and carbon dioxide in the airways were recorded continuously. All the materials selected as possible models of the avalanche snow negatively affected gas exchange during the breathing of the volunteers in a very similar extent. The time courses of the recorded parameters were very similar and were bordered from one side by the wet perlite and from the other side by the dry perlite. Therefore, other tested materials may be substituted with perlite with an appropriate water content. From all the tested materials, perlite is the best to simulate avalanche snow because of its homogeneity, reproducibility and easy manipulation.

Department of Biomedical Technology Faculty of Biomedical Engineering Czech Technical University Prague Kladno Czech Republic

Department of Physics Faculty of Electrical Engineering Czech Technical University Prague Prague Czech Republic

Department of Physiology and Biochemistry Faculty of Physical Education and Sport Charles University Prague

École polytechnique universitaire de l and apos

Military Department Faculty of Physical Education and Sport Charles University Prague Czech Republic

université Lyon 1 France

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