Wilderness medical society practice guidelines for the out-of-hospital evaluation and treatment of accidental hypothermia: 2014 update

Wilderness and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2014, Pages S66-S85

  Zafren, Ken ^a,b   Giesbrecht, Gordon G ^c   Danzl, Daniel F ^d   Brugger, Hermann ^e   Sagalyn, Emily B ^f   Walpoth, Beat ^g   Weiss, Eric A ^h   Auerbach, Paul S ^h   McIntosh, Scott E ⁱ   Némethy, Mária ⁱ   McDevitt, Marion ⁱ   Dow, Jennifer ^j,k   Schoene, Robert B ^p   Rodway, George W ^l,m   Hackett, Peter H ^n,o   Bennett, Brad L ^h   Grissom, Colin K ^h  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b International Commission for Mountain Emergency Medicine (ICAR MEDCOM)   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^d University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^e INSTITUTE FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

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

ⁱ Alaska Regional Hospital   (United States)

^j Denali National Park and Preserve   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^m UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁿ Institute for Altitude Medicine   (United States)

^o Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences   (United States)

^p NONE

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Author keywords

accidental hypothermia; avalanche; cold; hypothermia; resuscitation; rewarming; wilderness medicine

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MOUNTAINEERING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; WILDERNESS MEDICINE;

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

EID: 84916940689     PISSN: 10806032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wem.2014.10.010     Document Type: Article

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