Wilderness Medical Society Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Out-of-Hospital Evaluation and Treatment of Accidental Hypothermia: 2019 Update.
- Dow J Alaska Regional Hospital Anchorage, Anchorage, AK; National Park Service: Alaska Region, Anchorage, AK. Electronic address: jenndow@mac.com.
- Giesbrecht GG Faculty of Kinesiology and Recreation Management, Departments of Anesthesia and Emergency Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada.
- Danzl DF Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Louisville, School of Medicine, Louisville, KY.
- Brugger H International Commission for Mountain Emergency Medicine (ICAR MEDCOM), Bolzano, Italy; Institute of Mountain Emergency Medicine, EURAC Research, Bolzano, Italy.
- Sagalyn EB University of Nevada School of Medicine, Reno, NV.
- Walpoth B Service of Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospital of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.
- Auerbach PS Departments of Emergency Medicine and Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA.
- McIntosh SE Division of Emergency Medicine, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT.
- Némethy M PeaceHealth Ketchikan Medical Center, Ketchikan, AK.
- McDevitt M PeaceHealth Ketchikan Medical Center, Ketchikan, AK.
- Schoene RB University of Washington, Seattle, WA.
- Rodway GW School of Nursing, University of California, Davis, Sacramento, CA.
- Hackett PH Division of Emergency Medicine, Altitude Research Center, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, CO; Institute for Altitude Medicine, Telluride, CO.
- Zafren K International Commission for Mountain Emergency Medicine (ICAR MEDCOM), Bolzano, Italy; Departments of Emergency Medicine and Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA.
- Bennett BL Military & Emergency Medicine Department, F. Edward Hébert School of Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD.
- Grissom CK Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Intermountain Medical Center and the University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT.
- 2019-11-20
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- Wilderness & environmental medicine. - 2019
cold
resuscitation
rewarming
shivering
wilderness medicine
Humans
Hypothermia
Practice Patterns, Physicians'
Societies, Medical
Wilderness Medicine
English
To provide guidance to clinicians, the Wilderness Medical Society convened an expert panel to develop evidence-based guidelines for the out-of-hospital evaluation and treatment of victims of accidental hypothermia. The guidelines present the main diagnostic and therapeutic modalities and provide recommendations for the management of hypothermic patients. The panel graded the recommendations based on the quality of supporting evidence and a balance between benefits and risks/burdens according to the criteria published by the American College of Chest Physicians. The guidelines also provide suggested general approaches to the evaluation and treatment of accidental hypothermia that incorporate specific recommendations. This is the 2019 update of the Wilderness Medical Society Practice Guidelines for the Out-of-Hospital Evaluation and Treatment of Accidental Hypothermia: 2014 Update.
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- English
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- DOI 10.1016/j.wem.2019.10.002
- PMID 31740369
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- https://sonar.rero.ch/global/documents/43496
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