Wilderness medical society practice guidelines for the prevention and treatment of frostbite: 2014 update

Wilderness and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2014, Pages S43-S54

  McIntosh, Scott E ^a   Opacic, Matthew ^b   Freer, Luanne ^c   Grissom, Colin K ^a   Auerbach, Paul S ^d   Rodway, George W ^a   Cochran, Amalia ^a   Giesbrecht, Gordon G ^e   McDevitt, Marion ^a   Imray, Christopher H ^f   Johnson, Eric L ^g,j   Dow, Jennifer ^h   Hackett, Peter H ^i,k  

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

^b MAINE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c YELLOWSTONE CENTER FOR RESOURCES   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL COVENTRY   (United Kingdom)

^g Teton Valley Hospital   (United States)

^h Denali National Park and Preserve   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^k Institute for Altitude Medicine   (United States)

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Author keywords

aloe vera; frostbite; frostbite prevention; hypothermia; rewarming; thrombolysis

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FROSTBITE; HUMAN; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; STANDARDS; WILDERNESS MEDICINE;

FROSTBITE; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; WILDERNESS MEDICINE;

EID: 84916884255     PISSN: 10806032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wem.2014.09.001     Document Type: Article

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