Out-of-Hospital Cold Water Immersion for Classic (Non-Exertional) Heat Stroke Guided by Real-Time Core Temperature Monitoring: A Case Series
Jacobsen RC, Beaver B, Abo B
Prehospital emergency care · 9 citations
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- Funding not disclosed
Publication
- Published
- 2022-11-15 · Prehosp Emerg Care · vol. 27 · issue 6 · pp. 832–837
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis
- Cited
- 15 citations · more than 77% of similar papers · 1.1× the field average
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- 13 works
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- Research areas
- Thermoregulation and physiological responses · Thermal Regulation in Medicine · Infrared Thermography in Medicine
- Keywords
- Medicine, Heat illness, Stroke (engine), Core temperature, Core (optical fiber), Medical emergency, Immersion (mathematics), Emergency medicine, Anesthesia, Mechanical engineering, Meteorology, Engineering
- MeSH
- humans, heat stroke, water, body temperature, immersion, temperature, hospitals, emergency medical services, cold temperature
3 authors
From US
- Ryan C. Jacobsen · correspondingUniversity of Kansas
- Bryan BeaverUniversity of Kansas; The University of Kansas Health System
- Benjamin Norman AboFlorida State University
Abstract
Heat stroke is a problem that occurs primarily in the out-of-hospital environment. "Cool first, transport second" has been emphasized in consensus statements and systematic reviews regarding the treatment of exertional heat stroke by both EMS and the sports medicine/athletic training communities. However, there remains little guidance on cooling recommendations for the out-of-hospital care of non-exertional heat stroke or classic heat stroke. There is no consensus on the safety or feasibility of cooling classic heat stroke patients in the out-of-hospital environment using cold-water immersion. This case series describes the successful application of on-scene cold-water immersion for five classic heat stroke patients guided by real-time core temperature monitoring.
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