Nursing management of hypothermia in the multiple-trauma patient.
Hypothermia is a common complication occurring in seriously injured patients. Emergency department and prehospital protocols governing the care of trauma patients should include the assessment of core temperature and the management of hypothermia so that it does not go unrecognized and untreated.
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D001831:Body Temperature; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D006801:Humans; D007035:Hypothermia / Q000209:etiology / Q000451:nursing* / Q000503:physiopathology; D009104:Multiple Trauma / Q000150:complications* / Q000451:nursing; D009730:Nursing Assessment