Protection against cold in prehospital care: Wet clothing removal or addition of a vapor barrier

Wilderness and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 11-20

  Henriksson, Otto ^a   Lundgren, Peter J ^a   Kuklane, Kalev ^b   Holmér, Ingvar ^b   Giesbrecht, Gordon G ^c   Naredi, Peter ^a   Bjornstig, Ulf ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

emergency medical services; heat loss; hypothermia; thermal insulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CLOTHING; COLD; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; MALE; SHIVERING; VASOCONSTRICTION; WARMING; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BASAL METABOLISM; BODY TEMPERATURE; CLOTHING; COLD TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA; MALE; REWARMING; SHIVERING; VASOCONSTRICTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84924024974     PISSN: 10806032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wem.2014.07.001     Document Type: Article

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