Immersion of distal arms and legs in warm water (AVA rewarming) effectively rewarms mildly hypothermic humans

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 70, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1081-1088

  Vanggaard, Leif ^a,b   Eyolfson, Doug ^c   Xu, Xiaojiang ^c   Weseen, Gillian ^c   Giesbrecht, Gordon G ^c  

^a Danish Arctic Institute   (Denmark)

^b Royal Danish Navy   (Denmark)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Active fewarming; Afterdrop; Arteriovenous anastomoses; Deep body temperature; Hypothermia; Rewarming; Whole body cooling

Indexed keywords

HOT WATER;

ADULT; ARM; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CANAL; BODY TEMPERATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHERMIA; INDUCED HYPOTHERMIA; LEG; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; RECTUM TEMPERATURE; SHIVERING; TEMPERATURE; THERMOGENESIS; WARMING;

ADULT; ARM; BODY TEMPERATURE; DENMARK; EAR CANAL; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA; HYPOTHERMIA, INDUCED; IMMERSION; LEG; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; RECTUM; REWARMING; SHIVERING;

EID: 0033452565     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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