Tag: hypothermia

Avalanche!

This month we discussed a great review on the resuscitation of avalanche victims given by Dr. Rolston-Cregler. If you want to read that paper in its entirety, please click this link: AVALANCHE RESUS GUIDELINES Louis was also kind enough to put together…

Baby Its Cold Out There: Hypothermia

At the last wilderness Medicine Meeting we discussed a great NEJM paper on Accidental Hypothermia.  That paper can be found from this link: nejm hypothermia In light of the horribly cold weather that we have been experiencing this month, this…

Wednesday Wrap-up: 11/21/2012

Just a quick “Wrap-up” today. Lots of good talks about environmental emergencies today. Dr. Shin, during ICU conference, mentioned a video on EMCrit that showed a technique for placing the esophageal temperature probe using an ETT. Just wanted to share…