Preventing post-injury hypothermia during prolonged prehospital evacuation.

Abstract:

INTRODUCTION:Post-injury hypothermia is a risk predictor in trauma patients whose physiology is deranged. The aim of the present study was to examine the effect of simple, in-field, hypothermia prevention to victims of penetrating trauma during long prehospital evacuations. METHODS:A total of 170 consecutively injured landmine victims were included in a prospective, clinical study in Northern Iraq and Cambodia. Thirty patients were provided with systematic prehospital hypothermia prevention, and for 140 patients, no preventive measures were provided. RESULTS:The mean value for the time from injury to hospital admission was 6.6 hours (range: 0.2-72). The incidence of hypothermia (oral temperature < 36 degrees C) before prevention/rewarming was 21% (95% confidence interval: 15% to 28%). The Prevention Group had a statistically significant lower rate of hypothermia on hospital admission compared to the control group (95% confidence interval for difference: 6% to 24%). CONCLUSION:Simple, preventive, in-field measures help to prevent hypothermia during protracted evacuation, and should be part of the trauma care protocol in rural rescue systems.

journal_name

Prehosp Disaster Med

authors

Husum H,Olsen T,Murad M,Heng YV,Wisborg T,Gilbert M

doi

10.1017/s1049023x00000078

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Has Abstract

pub_date

2002-01-01 00:00:00

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23-6

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1

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1049-023X

issn

1945-1938

journal_volume

17

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