Cold finger: urban frostbite in the UK

Preventable frostbite due to cold pack.

Dear Editors, It is convenient to use a commercial cooling device for treatment of acute athletic injuries. However, secondary injuries may develop with improper application (1). We present a patient with unusual frostbite due to cold pack. An 18-year-old woman had right quadriceps femoris muscle strain while practicing long jump. She directly applied and fixed a commercial cold pack manufactur...

Out of the cold: management of hypothermia and frostbite.

Art and Design Education in the UK

This paper seeks to identify the philosophical origins of the teaching of art and design and subsequently trace its incorporation into a teaching program in the UK. It briefly discusses the nature of its classical ‘drawing’ background and the conflicts in the debate as to what ‘design’ means. It then goes on to identify the cultural and political context which shaped the institutions, such as A...

Care home medicine in the UK--in from the cold.

The quality of care within care homes comes under frequent media scrutiny, and is underpinned by the medical support to the staff. In the UK, medical care to care homes is provided by general practitioners. A GP is likely to have patients in many homes, and each home relates to many GPs. The growing complexity of patients in care requires proactive models of care delivered by those with an unde...

Finger cold-induced vasodilation: a review

Cold-induced vasodilation (CIVD) in the finger tips generally occurs 5–10 min after the start of local cold exposure of the extremities. This phenomenon is believed to reduce the risk of local cold injuries. However, CIVD is almost absent during hypothermia, when survival of the organism takes precedence over the survival of peripheral tissue. Subjects that are often exposed to local cold (e.g....