Citation

Lefebvre de Plinval I, Josnard J, Honnorat M, Lefort H, Kedzierewicz R. Rev. Infirm. 2018; 67(238): 40-43.

Vernacular Title

Les gelures, des lésions locales liées à un froid mordant.

Affiliation

Service médical d'urgence, Brigade de Sapeurs-Pompiers de Paris, 3 rue Darmesteter, 75013 Paris, France. Electronic address: romainkedze@hotmail.com.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2018, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.revinf.2017.12.002

PMID

29426560

Abstract

Frostbites are cold-freezing injuries of the extremities due to the exposure to temperatures below 0°C. The risk, in the absence of treatment, is the amputation of frostbitten areas which become gangrenous. Victims of frostbite must be treated and evacuated urgently. Nurses play an active role in the secondary long-term treatment.

Copyright © 2017. Publié par Elsevier Masson SAS.

Language: fr

Keywords

amputation; cold; emergency; froid; frostbite; gelure; urgence