Citation

Lipman GS, Eifling KP, Ellis MA, Gaudio FG, Otten EM, Grissom CK. Wilderness Environ. Med. 2014; 25(4 Suppl): S55-S65.

Affiliation

Pulmonary and Critical Care Division, Intermountain Medical Center and the University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT (Dr Grissom).

Copyright

(Copyright © 2014, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.wem.2014.07.017

PMID

25498263

Abstract

The Wilderness Medical Society (WMS) convened an expert panel to develop a set of evidence-based guidelines for the recognition, prevention, and treatment of heat illness. We present a review of the classifications, pathophysiology, and evidence-based guidelines for planning and preventive measures as well as best practice recommendations for both field and hospital-based therapeutic management of heat illness. These recommendations are graded on the basis of the quality of supporting evidence, and balance between the benefits and risks or burdens for each modality. This is an updated version of the original WMS Practice Guidelines for the Prevention and Treatment of Heat-Related Illness published in Wilderness & Environmental Medicine 2013;24(4):351-361.

Language: en