4.5 % incidence of accidental hypothermia in a German HEMS service – A retrospective 14-year analysis
In summary, hypothermia was shown in 1 out of 22 patients. Temperature was documented infrequently. Given the difficulties of measuring temperature in the field, more accurate devices are necessary. Finally, HEMS crews should consider hypothermia in every patient, even during summer and indoors: it is better to measure once too often than not at all.
Authors
- Christian Elsenbast (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3326-4152)
- Daniel Werner (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1797-1965)
- Sasa Rajsic
- Benedikt Treml (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3648-7338)
- Philipp Dahlmann (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8648-3810)
Institutions
- Innsbruck Medical University (AT)
- Tirol Kliniken (AT)
- Ministry of Interior (IT)
- Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (DE)
- Deggendorf Institute of Technology (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- The American Journal of Emergency Medicine
- Published
- 2025-11-15
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajem.2025.10.053
- Primary Topic
- Thermal Regulation in Medicine
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00