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Hypothermia is the cause of at least 1,500 deaths a year in the United States. [2] It is more common in older people and males. [5] One of the lowest documented body temperatures from which someone with accidental hypothermia has survived is 12.7 °C (54.9 °F) in a 2-year-old boy from Poland named Adam. [6]
Targeted temperature management (TTM), previously known as therapeutic hypothermia or protective hypothermia, is an active treatment that tries to achieve and maintain a specific body temperature in a person for a specific duration of time in an effort to improve health outcomes during recovery after a period of stopped blood flow to the brain. [1]
The disease affects about 50-60 people worldwide. The duration and frequency of the episodes vary from person to person, with some episodes lasting hours to weeks and occurring from hours to years. Very little is known about the disease due to the small number of people affected. [ 1 ]
A viral claim that 15 people died of hypothermia in Avery County this week is “categorically false,” Alicia Stemper, an acting spokeswoman for the county’s emergency operations, told The ...
Older adults are prone to dehydration for many reasons. Learn how to identify the symptoms of dehydration in older adults based on how they look and feel.
According to the American Journal of Emergency Medicine, nearly 200,000 adults were treated in emergency rooms for snow-shovel-related accidents from 1990 to 2006, and more than 1,600 deaths were ...
For people with pre-existing cardiovascular disease, the additional workload can result in myocardial infarction and/or acute heart failure, which ultimately may lead to a cardiac arrest. A vagal response to an extreme stimulus as this one, may, in very rare cases, render per se a cardiac arrest. Hypothermia and extreme stress can both ...
Evidence of frostbite occurring in people dates back 5,000 years. [1] Evidence was documented in a pre-Columbian mummy discovered in the Andes. [7] The number of cases of frostbite is unknown. [5] Rates may be as high as 40% a year among those who mountaineer. [1] The most common age group affected is those 30 to 50 years old. [4]