Prehospital Active and Passive Warming in Trauma Patients.

Heather McLellan, Tim W H Rijnhout, L Michael Peterson, David F E Stuhlmiller, Jerry Edwards, Aous Jarrouj, Damayanti Samanta, Alfred Tager, Edward C T H Tan

DOI: 10.1016/j.amj.2023.03.005

Journal: Air medical journal

For adult patients transported from the scene of injury to a trauma center, active and passive warming measures, most notably the removal of wet clothing, were associated with a favorable outcome, whereas wet patients and ground ambulance transport were associatedWith an unfavorable outcome with respect to temperature.