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Responding to winter emergencies
1Christiana Hospital, Newark, Del., USA.
Dimensions of Critical Care Nursing : DCCN
|January 20, 2000
Abstract:
Nurses need to know how to provide emergency care to victims of wintertime injuries and illnesses--and how to survive such circumstances themselves. In this article, the author, a ski patrol member, describes cold-weather strategies and how to respond to hypothermia, frostbite, winter sports injuries, and avalanches.