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(H) Hypothermia Prevention

Home Articles MARCH (H) Hypothermia Prevention
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Cold Blood does not clot.

Keeping casualties warm reduces their death rates. Every drop of 1-degree Celsius in body temperature correlates with a ten percent increase in death rate. Consider Hypothermia prevention an overlooked and critical part of your casualty management.

Co-TCCC guideline update hypothermia management showing a sleeping bag, HPMK, and other options
Mike Shertz

Does the TCCC committee’s proposed guideline change your current practice for hypothermia management?

  • Posted by Mike Shertz
  • Categories (H) Hypothermia Prevention, MARCH
November 7, 2020

In June 2020, the TCCC Committee submitted a proposed change to hypothermia management for combat casualties. They noted there had been no review of hypothermia management in TCCC in the previous 14 years.1 So what changed? The proposed hypothermia management …

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Cold blood does not clot. Bedding materials, by definition, are meant to keep people warm.
Mike Shertz

Improvised Part 8: Litter & Hypothermia Prevention

  • Posted by Mike Shertz
  • Categories (H) Hypothermia Prevention, Improvised
August 8, 2018

It’s very hard to free think in stressful situations. The more you get used to looking around in your environment for items you can co-opt to use in an emergency, the quicker you will be able to improvise if you …

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Mike Shertz

Hypothermia Prevention: A critical and often missed lifesaving piece of the emergency medical training

  • Posted by Mike Shertz
  • Categories (H) Hypothermia Prevention
November 10, 2017

Once a casualty’s massive hemorrhage is controlled, rescuers must turn our attention to the rest of the M-A-R-C-H pneumonic, specifically, to hypothermia prevention. Does the casualty have an open airway, or do they need help maintaining their airway? How are …

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