MEASUREMENT OF RESISTANCE TO COLD OR FROSTBITE IN PERIPHERAL BODY PARTS

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.

A Method for Rapid Measurement of Heat or Cold Resistance of Small Insects

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Continuous peripheral resistance measurement during hemorrhagic hypotension.

We tested the hypotheses that continuous total peripheral resistance (TPR) measurements are superior to intermittent data collection and that variables related to TPR can be used to distinguish between survivors and nonsurvivors (NS), respectively, of prolonged hemorrhagic hypotension (HH). One week after a transit-time ultrasound probe was implanted on their ascending aortas, 21 rats were subj...

Guidelines on the Risk and Time to Frostbite during Exposure to Cold Winds

The objective of the present study was to define the risk and the time required to develop frostnip on the face during exposure to cold winds. Twelve subjects (6 males and 6 females) were exposed to sixteen 45 min tests where the wind intensity varied between 0, 16 and 32 km/h. The tests were conducted at 0, -10, -20, -30, -40 and –50°C (only 0 km/h wind was present at -50°C). During the tests,...