Management of Hypothermia

12 July 2008 in cardiology, medicine, wilderness | No comments

Another day, another presentation: this one’s from a brief talk I gave at the VA morning report in February. It covers some basic definitions and clinical strategies for management of hypothermia and includes references to a few relevant papers. One of the chief residents gave a separate talk on Osborn waves and other hypothermia-induced arrhythmias, so my talk doesn’t cover those aspects of care in much detail. Good references were surprisingly hard to find; though I didn’t end up including it in my talk, there’s a slide at the end of the presentation discussing the challenges to good hypothermia research. If you’re interested in wilderness medicine or healthcare for the homeless, this is a good talk to give.

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