Effect of wet clothing removal on skin temperature in subjects exposed to cold and wrapped in a vapor barrier: a human, randomized, crossover field study

• Published in: BMC emergency medicine Vol. 24; no. 1; pp. 18 - 9
• Main Authors: Hagen, Linn Therese, Brattebø, Guttorm, Dipl-Math, Jörg Assmus, Wiggen, Øystein, Østerås, Øyvind, Mydske, Sigurd, Thomassen, Øyvind
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 25.01.2024; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Accidental hypothermia; Body Temperature Regulation; Care and treatment; Clinical trials; Cold; Cold Temperature; Comparative analysis; Cooling; Cotton; Cross-Over Studies; Emergency medical care; Emergency medicine; Field study; Heat; Heat loss; Humans; Hypothermia; Hypothermia - prevention & control; Medical research; Medicine, Experimental; Mortality; Mountain medicine; Patients; Skin; Skin Temperature; Temperature; Thermal energy; Vapor barrier; Vapors; Wet clothing; United States > US; Norway; Human; Active external rewarming; Vapor barrier; Wet clothing; Emergency medicine; Clinical trial; Accidental hypothermia; Crossover; Mountain medicine; Field study

Prehospital care for cold-stressed and hypothermic patients focuses on effective insulation and rewarming. When encountering patients wearing wet clothing, rescuers can either remove the wet clothing before isolating the patient or isolate the patient using a vapor barrier. Wet clothing removal incr...