Helicopter cooling of heatstroke victims.
Theoretical and clinical evidence suggests that traditional ice water immersion is not the best therapy for heatstroke. We treated three patients with serious heatstroke using the downdraft from a light utility helicopter to dissipate heat primarily by evaporation and convection. The speed of cooling was substantially better than that reported in prior clinical series.
D000293:Adolescent; D000392:Air Movements; D000401:Aircraft; D001265:Athletic Injuries / Q000628:therapy*; D001831:Body Temperature; D017679:Cryotherapy; D004630:Emergencies; D006359:Heat Exhaustion / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012007:Rectum; D012420:Running