Wilderness Medical Society practice guidelines for the out-of-hospital evaluation and treatment of accidental hypothermia: 2014 update.
- Zafren K Division of Emergency Medicine, Department of Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA; International Commission for Mountain Emergency Medicine (ICAR MEDCOM) (Dr Zafren). Electronic address: zafren@alaska.com.
- Giesbrecht GG Faculty of Kinesiology and Recreation Management, Departments of Anesthesia and Emergency Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada (Dr Giesbrecht).
- Danzl DF Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Louisville, School of Medicine, Louisville, KY (Dr Danzl).
- Brugger H International Commission for Mountain Emergency Medicine (ICAR MEDCOM) (Dr Zafren); European Academy Institute of Mountain Emergency Medicine, Bolzano, Italy (Dr Brugger).
- Sagalyn EB University of Nevada School of Medicine, Reno, NV (Dr Sagalyn).
- Walpoth B Service of Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospital of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland (Dr Walpoth).
- Weiss EA Division of Emergency Medicine, Department of Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA; Division of Emergency Medicine, Department of Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA (Drs Weiss and Auerbach).
- Auerbach PS Division of Emergency Medicine, Department of Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA; Division of Emergency Medicine, Department of Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA (Drs Weiss and Auerbach).
- McIntosh SE Division of Emergency Medicine, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT (Drs McIntosh, Némethy, and McDevitt).
- Némethy M Division of Emergency Medicine, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT (Drs McIntosh, Némethy, and McDevitt).
- McDevitt M Division of Emergency Medicine, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT (Drs McIntosh, Némethy, and McDevitt).
- Dow J Alaska Regional Hospital, Anchorage, AK; Denali National Park and Preserve, AK (Dr Dow).
- Schoene RB University of Washington, Seattle, WA.
- Rodway GW Division of Health Sciences, University of Nevada, Reno, NV (Dr Rodway).
- Hackett PH Division of Emergency Medicine, Altitude Research Center, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, CO; Institute for Altitude Medicine, Telluride, CO (Dr Hackett).
- Bennett BL Military & Emergency Medicine Department, F. Edward Hébert School of Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences Bethesda, MD (Dr Bennett).
- Grissom CK Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Intermountain Medical Center and the University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT (Dr Grissom).
- 2014-12-16
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- Wilderness & environmental medicine. - 2014
accidental hypothermia
avalanche
cold
hypothermia
resuscitation
rewarming
wilderness medicine
Humans
Hypothermia
Mountaineering
Practice Patterns, Physicians'
Societies, Medical
Wilderness Medicine
English
To provide guidance to clinicians, the Wilderness Medical Society (WMS) convened an expert panel to develop evidence-based guidelines for the out-of-hospital evaluation and treatment of victims of accidental hypothermia. The guidelines present the main diagnostic and therapeutic modalities and provide recommendations for the management of hypothermic patients. The panel graded the recommendations based on the quality of supporting evidence and the balance between benefits and risks/burdens according the criteria published by the American College of Chest Physicians. The guidelines also provide suggested general approaches to the evaluation and treatment of accidental hypothermia that incorporate specific recommendations. This is an updated version of the original Wilderness Medical Society Practice Guidelines for the Out-of-Hospital Evaluation and Treatment of Accidental Hypothermia published in Wilderness & Environmental Medicine 2014;25(4):425-445.
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- DOI 10.1016/j.wem.2014.10.010
- PMID 25498264
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- https://sonar.ch/global/documents/221401
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