Air Medical Journal
Volume 27, Issue 1 , Pages 37-39 , January 2008

Body temperature preservation in patients transported by air medical helicopter

  • Michael A. Frakes, APRN, CCNS, CFRN, CCRN, EMTP

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for correspondence: Michael A. Frakes, Life Star/Hartford Hospital, P.O. Box 5037, Hartford, CT 06102-5037
    • ,
  • Lisa Duquette, RN, BSN, CFRN, CCRN, CEN, EMTP

References 

  1. Wilson WC . Perioperative anesthetic management of patients with abdominal trauma . Anesthesiol Clin North Am . 1999;17:211–238
  2. Sessler DI . Complications and treatment of mild hypothermia . Anesthesiology . 2001;95:531–543
  3. Wang HE , Callaway CW , Peitzman AB , Tisheman SA . Admission hypothermia and outcome after major trauma . Crit Care Med . 2005;33:1296–1301
  4. Fiege A , Rutherford WF , Nelson DR . Factors influencing patient thermoregulation in flight . Air Med J . 1996;15:18–23
  5. Semonin-Holleran R , Davis K , Storer D , Johnson P , Purcell P . Neuromuscular blockade and intubation: association with hypothermia in the air medical trauma patient . Air Med J . 1994;13:483–485
  6. Rotello LC , Crawford L , Terndrup TE . Comparison of infrared ear thermometer derived and equilibrated rectal temperatures in estimating pulmonary artery temperatures . Crit Care Med . 1996;24:1501–1506
  7. Erickson RS , Meyer LT . Accuracy of infrared ear thermometry and other temperature methods in adults . Am J Crit Care . 1994;3:40–54
  8. Dixon WJ , Massey FJ . In: Introduction to statistical analysis . New York: McGraw-Hill; 1983;p. 114–119
  9. Sookram SM , Barker S , Kelly KD , Patton W , Sosnowski T , Neilson K , et al.   Can body temperature be maintained during aeromedical transport? . Can J Emerg Med . 2002;4:172–177
  10. Stavem K , Saxholm H , Smith-Erichsen N . Accuracy of infrared ear thermometry in adult patients . Intensive Care Med . 1997;23:100–105
  11. Smitz S , Giagoultsis T , Dewe W , Albert A . Comparison of rectal and infrared ear temperatures in older hospital inpatients . J Am Geriatr Soc . 2000;48:63–66
  12. Nierman DM . Core temperature measurement in the intensive care unit . Crit Care Med . 1991;19:818–823
  13. Leon C , Rodriguez A , Fernandez A , Flores L . Infrared ear thermometry in the critically ill patient . J Crit Care . 2005;20:106–110
  14. Yaron M , Lowenstein SR , Koziol-McLain J . Measuring the accuracy of the infrared tympanic thermometer: Correlation does not signify agreement . J Emerg Med . 1995;13:617–621
  15. Schmitz T , Bair N , Falk M , Levine C . A comparison of five methods of temperature measurement in febrile intensive care patients . Am J Crit Care . 1995;4:286–292
  16. Amoateng-Adjepong Y , Del Mundo J , Manthous CA . Accuracy of an infrared tympanic thermometer . Chest . 1999;115:1002–1005
  17. Nolan JP , Morley PT , Vanden Hoek TL , Hickey RW . ILCOR advisory statement: therapeutic hypothermia after cardiac arrest . Circulation . 2003;108:118
  18. Chu A , Burnham RS . Reliability and validity of tympanic temperature measurement in persons with high spinal cord injury . Paraplegia . 1995;33:476–479

PII: S1067-991X(07)00135-6

doi: 10.1016/j.amj.2007.05.010

Air Medical Journal
Volume 27, Issue 1 , Pages 37-39 , January 2008

Article Tools