Effect of head and face insulation on cooling rate during snow burial

Wilderness and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 21-28

  McIntosh, Scott E ^a   Crouch, Andre K ^b   Dorais, Andrew ^b   McDevitt, Marion ^a   Wilson, Courtney ^c   Harmston, Chris H ^d   Radwin, Marty I ^e   Grissom, Colin K ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b Department of Emergency Medicine Intermountian Medical Center   (United States)

^c Asante Rogue Regional Medical Center   (United States)

^d Lab 20 Strategic Services   (United States)

^e Granger Medical Clinic   (United States)

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

Author keywords

avalanche; hypothermia; snow burial

Indexed keywords

SNOW;

ADULT; AVALANCHE; BODY TEMPERATURE; DEVICES; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; POSTHUMOUS CARE; PROCEDURES; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; THERMOMETRY; WARMING; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AVALANCHES; BODY TEMPERATURE; BURIAL; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; REWARMING; SNOW; THERMOMETRY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84924137524     PISSN: 10806032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wem.2014.07.003     Document Type: Article

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