[Case report: severe hypothermia in a newborn infant - challenges in preclinical emergency medicine].
On the basis of a case report the prehospital management of a newborn child with deep accidental hypothermia (22oC) is discussed. The child was found in a garbage can. The continuous resuscitation during the transport into the clinic is done in an incubator and the child survives without neurologic damages. The used measures of the resuscitation are discussed on the basis of the therapy.
Knacke
Peer G
PG
Abteilung fürAnaesthesie, Rettungsmedizinund Schmerztherapie der SanaKliniken Ostholstein GmbH, KlinikEutin. P.Knacke@t-online.de
Strauss
Jochen
J
Gräsner
Jan-Thorsten
JT
Saur
Petra
P
Scholz
Jens
J
D000300:Adoption; D017732:Air Ambulances; D001831:Body Temperature; D002670:Child, Abandoned; D004632:Emergency Medical Services / Q000379:methods*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007035:Hypothermia / Q000628:therapy*; D007186:Incubators, Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007232:Infant, Newborn, Diseases / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D009460:Neurologic Examination; D012151:Resuscitation / Q000379:methods; D017694:Rewarming