Spontaneous endogenous core temperature rewarming after cooling due to snow burial

Wilderness and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 229-235

  Grissom, Colin K ^a,b   Harmston, Chris H ^c   McAlpine, John C ^d   Radwin, Martin I ^e   Ellington, Brad ^f   Hirshberg, Ellie L ^a,b   Crouch, Andre ^b  

^a INTERMOUNTAIN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Sorenson Genomics   (United States)

^d LIONS GATE HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^e Granger Medical Clinic   (United States)

^f Research Medical Center Brookside Campus   (United States)

Author keywords

Accidental hypothermia; Afterdrop; Avalanches; Rewarming

Indexed keywords

POLITEF; SNOW;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AVALANCHE; BODY TEMPERATURE; DISASTER; FEMALE; GAS MASK; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; UNITED STATES; WARMING;

ADULT; AVALANCHES; BODY TEMPERATURE; DISASTERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA; MALE; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; RESPIRATORY PROTECTIVE DEVICES; REWARMING; SNOW; UTAH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956474103     PISSN: 10806032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wem.2010.06.007     Document Type: Article

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