Cold water immersion: The gold standard for exertional heatstroke treatment

Exercise and Sport Sciences Reviews

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 141-149

  Casa, Douglas J ^a   McDermott, Brendon P ^a   Lee, Elaine C ^a   Yeargin, Susan W ^a   Armstrong, Lawrence E ^a   Maresh, Carl M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Cooling rates; Exercise; Heat illness; Hyperthermia; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

WATER;

AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATOR; BODY TEMPERATURE; COOLING; DROWNING; DYNAMIC EXERCISE; HEAT STROKE; HUMAN; HYGIENE; HYPERTHERMIA; MEDICAL STAFF; PATIENT CODING; PERIPHERAL CIRCULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHIVERING; SPORTS MEDICINE; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; TRAINING; VASOCONSTRICTION; WATER IMMERSION;

BODY TEMPERATURE; CRYOTHERAPY; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HEAT STROKE; HUMANS; HYDROTHERAPY; IMMERSION; SPORTS;

EID: 34447344046     PISSN: 00916331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/jes.0b013e3180a02bec     Document Type: Review

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