Management of Severe Accidental Hypothermia
| Autor: | G. J. Peek, J. A. Ellerton, P. R. Davis |
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| Rok vydání: | 2008 |
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| Zdroj: | Yearbook of Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine ISBN: 9783540772897 Intensive Care Medicine ISBN: 9780387773827 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/978-3-540-77290-3_14 |
| Popis: | Doctors working in intensive care, emergency medicine, pre-hospital care, cardiac surgery and ECMO (extracorporeal membrane oxygenation) programs may be called upon to assist in the management of victims of severe environmental hypothermia. We focus on the triage of hypothermic patients who would potentially benefit from transfer to a tertiary centre. Often decisions made at the scene can result in a patient being transferred long distances to a hospital that does not have the ideal facilities to cope with such a severely hypothermic patient. The International Commission for Alpine Rescue (http://www.ikar-cisa.org), International Society for Mountain Medicine (http://www.ismmed.org), and the Union Internationale des Associations d’Alpinisme medical committee (International Mountaineering and Climbing Federation; http://www.uiaa.ch) have been instrumental in gathering data and publishing guidance for the pre-hospital triage and management of victims of deep hypothermia in the mountains [1]. The principles guiding the resuscitation of victims of accidental hypothermia in the maritime or mountain environment may be applied to everyday emergency practice, even in an urban setting [2]. |
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