Abstract
Accidental hypothermia is generally most associated with accidents in connection with bodies of water, ice, snow and severe trauma. The classical “accidentally hypothermic, non-multiple trauma patient” in Central Europe, however, had direct contact with water or snow in only about 30% of cases. About 45% of cases even occur in the “warm months” of April to September. The following example shows which aspects need to be considered in the specific case.
Warmth, warmth, more warmth!
For we are dying of cold
and not darkness.
It’s not the night that kills,
but the frost.
de Unamuno 1972 [8]
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Wolf, S. (2023). 24-Year-Old in a River. In: Wenzel, V. (eds) Case Studies in Emergency Medicine. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-67249-5_2
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