Welcome back to Medic in The Middle!
As winter dawns and it is starting to get a bit chilly, We thought it would be rather fitting to delve into the topic of Hypothermia!
Joined by Rob Fenwick ACP EM (The Resus Room) we together tackle this subject and recap on some key points when managing Hypothermic patients.
Covered on this show;
- Definition of Hypothermia and Incidence
- Primary + Secondary Hypothermia
- Mechanisms of heat loss + Homeostasis
- Pathophysiology associated with Hypothermia
- Considerations to Treatment
- Considerations of Extreme Hypothermia and Cardiac arrest.