Avoiding hypothermia in trauma: Use of the flameless heater pack, Meal Ready to Eat, as a field-expedient means of warming crystalloid fluid

Military Medicine

Volumn 165, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 903-904

  Garcia, G D ^a   Modesto, V L ^a   Lee, K T ^a  

^a WOMACK ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

RINGER LACTATE SOLUTION;

AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CRYSTALLOID; FLUID THERAPY; HEATING; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; MILITARY MEDICINE; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; TEMPERATURE; WARMING;

EID: 0034536844     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/milmed/165.12.903     Document Type: Article

References (5)

1. Hypothermia in trauma patients: An ominous predictor of survival
2. Incidence and effect of hypothermia in seriously injured patients
3. Advances in the management of hypothermia
4. Inadvertent hypothermia: Frequent, insidious and often serious
5. Wanning blood units in water bath and cooling of blood at room temperature