title: Managing frostbite in a South African patient.
abstract: This report focuses on a 23-year-old man of African-Caribbean origin who presented to a Burns unit with soft-tissue loss following a road traffic collision (RTC) in an extremely cold weather. Having been involved in the RTC, he walked from the scene to the hospital subsequently sustaining frostbite to both his feet. This case illustrates the management of frostbite and highlights some key principles in the management of this problem.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic Surgery, Royal Devon & Exeter NHS Foundation Trust, Exeter, Devon, UK. zeeshan.ahmad@nhs.net
authors.forename: Zeeshan
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Ahmad
mesh_terms: D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D000671:Amputation, Surgical / Q000379:methods; D001458:Bandages; D044383:Black People; D003080:Cold Temperature / Q000009:adverse effects*; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D003646:Debridement / Q000379:methods; D005440:Fluid Therapy / Q000379:methods; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D018409:Foot Injuries / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D005627:Frostbite / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D015601:Injury Severity Score; D008297:Male; D018570:Risk Assessment; D016038:Skin Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D014034:Toes / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014945:Wound Healing / Q000502:physiology; D055815:Young Adult