Wilderness Medical Society Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Prevention and Treatment of Heat Illness: 2019 Update. uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • The Wilderness Medical Society convened an expert panel in 2011 to develop a set of evidence-based guidelines for the recognition, prevention, and treatment of heat illness. We present a review of the classifications, pathophysiology, and evidence-based guidelines for planning and preventive measures, as well as best practice recommendations for both field- and hospital-based therapeutic management of heat illness. These recommendations are graded based on the quality of supporting evidence and balance the benefits and risks or burdens for each modality. This is an updated version of the original Wilderness Medical Society Practice Guidelines for the Treatment and Prevention of Heat-Related Illness published in 2013.

publication date

  • June 17, 2019

Research

keywords

  • Heat Stress Disorders
  • Practice Patterns, Physicians'
  • Wilderness Medicine

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 85063674265

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1016/j.wem.2018.10.004

PubMed ID

  • 31221601

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 30

issue

  • 4S