Ice Water Immersion - Practicalities for Monitoring Hyperthermic Patients in the Prehospital Context

Ice Water Immersion - Practicalities for Monitoring Hyperthermic Patients in the Prehospital Context

Immersion of patients in a body bag filled with ice and water is recommended as prehospital management of severe hyperthermia. Experienced paramedics have raised a number of concerns about the use of this technique; particularly, whether cardiac monitoring equipment would remain functional once imme...

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Published in:Prehospital and disaster medicine Vol. 34; no. 6; pp. 675 - 676
Main Authors: Holbery-Morgan, Lachlan, Carew, James, Bourke, Elyssia, Douglas, Ned
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: United States Jems Publishing Company, Inc 01-12-2019
Subjects:
Ambulance services
Cooling
Emergency medical care
Emergency Medical Services
Fever
Fever - therapy
Health technology assessment
Humans
Hyperthermia
Ice
Immersion
Monitoring, Physiologic
Patients
Netherlands
Victoria Australia
Australia
United States > US
Pennsylvania
cooling
hyperthermia
ambulance
prehospital
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Summary:Immersion of patients in a body bag filled with ice and water is recommended as prehospital management of severe hyperthermia. Experienced paramedics have raised a number of concerns about the use of this technique; particularly, whether cardiac monitoring equipment would remain functional once immersed. This test showed that monitoring equipment does remain functional and provides advice about safety considerations. The test should reassure practitioners that such an approach is feasible.
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ISSN:1049-023X
1945-1938
DOI:10.1017/S1049023X19004886