Avalanches can travel up to 90 km/h. After one hour, only one in three victims buried in an avalanche is found alive. The most common causes of death are suffocation, wounds and hypothermia. The impact on a human life after they got hit by an avalanche is vary unlikely that they would live. About 150 people per year die because of avalanches in Europe and North America. If your ever buried in a an avalanche you should:
Keep one hand in front of your face and try to clear/maintain an air space
Try to maintain space for chest expansion by taking and holding a deep breath
Try to avoid panic and conserve energy. Your companions are probably searching for yo
If your caught you should:
Swimming motions sometimes help
Try to delay departure by plunging ice axe into the undersurface. This may help to keep you near the top of the slide.
Shout. Others may see you.
Try to run to the side, or jump up slope above the fracture.