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What field action is urgent for suspected HAPE or HACE?

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  1. Continue upward slowly
  2. Wait overnight without treatment
  3. Begin descent and activate rescue

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  1. CDC Yellow Book: High-Altitude Travel and Altitude Illness www.cdc.gov/yellow-book/hcp/environmental-hazards-risks/high-altitude-travel-and-altitude-illness.html Checked 2026-10-21.
  2. CDC Yellow Book: High-Altitude Travel and Altitude Illness www.cdc.gov/yellow-book/hcp/environmental-hazards-risks/high-altitude-travel-and-altitude-illness.html Checked 2026-10-21.

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