Treatment of exertional heat injuries with portable body cooling unit in a mass endurance event

The resultant dysfunction at cellular and organ level leads to a spectrum of diseases from minor heat cramps through heat exhaustion to life-threatening heatstroke [2]. In mass endurance events, runners with heat illnesses are typically treated with ice packs or cooled with ice water in the prehospi...

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Published inThe American journal of emergency medicine Vol. 28; no. 2; pp. 246 - 248
Main Authors Hee-Nee, Pang, MBBS, M Med(Orth), Rupeng, Mong, MBBS, Lee, Vernon J., MBBS, MPH, MBA, Chua, Wei-Chong, MBBS, Seet, Benjamin, MBBS, M Med(Surg)
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Elsevier Inc 01.02.2010
Elsevier Limited
Subjects
Adolescent
Adult
Blood pressure
Cooling
Emergency
Emergency medical care
Female
Heat Exhaustion - etiology
Heat Exhaustion - therapy
Heat Stroke - etiology
Heat Stroke - therapy
Heatstroke
Humans
Ice
Injuries
Intensive care
Male
Middle Aged
Mobile Health Units
Mortality
Nebulizers and Vaporizers
Running - injuries
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Summary:The resultant dysfunction at cellular and organ level leads to a spectrum of diseases from minor heat cramps through heat exhaustion to life-threatening heatstroke [2]. In mass endurance events, runners with heat illnesses are typically treated with ice packs or cooled with ice water in the prehospital setting [3], before the more definitive methods of cooling by immersion in ice water [4] or body cooling units (BCUs) [5] in the hospitals.
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ISSN:0735-6757
1532-8171
DOI:10.1016/j.ajem.2009.09.022