Epidemiology of Emergency Medical Search and Rescue in the North Shore Mountains of Vancouver, Canada, from 1995 to 2020.

Introduction: Little is known about the epidemiology of emergency medical search and rescue incidents globally. The purpose of this study was to describe the epidemiology of emergency medical search and rescue incidents in the North Shore Mountains of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

Methods: This was a retrospective review and descriptive analysis of search and rescue incident reports created by North Shore Rescue over a 25 y period from 1995 to 2019, inclusive.