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

• Published in: The 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
• Language: English
• 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

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...