SPIS TREŚCI
Introduction – Anna Bågenholm 7
1. Hypothermia as a Disorder – Sylweriusz Kosiński 9
2. Epidemiology and Estimating Preventable Deaths in Accidental Hypothermia – Agata Smoleń, Halina Piecewicz-Szczęsna, Małgorzata Bała 19
3. Facts and Myths about Hypothermia and its Treatment – Sylweriusz Kosiński, Tomasz Darocha 33
4. Measurement of Patient’s Body Temperature – Jacek Majkowski, Tomasz Sanak 43
5. Prehospital Management of Hypothermia – Paweł Podsiadło 53
6. Thermal Insulation – Sylweriusz Kosiński, Tomasz Sanak 61
7. Airway Management in Hypothermic Patients – Paweł Andruszkiewicz 69
8. ECG in Hypothermia – Dorota Sobczyk 75
9. Hypothermia as a Reversible Cause of Cardiac Arrest – Piotr Mazur, Sylweriusz Kosiński, Tomasz Darocha 81
10. The Role and Tasks of Polish Medical Air Rescue – Robert Gałązkowski 87
11. Trauma and Hypothermia – Peter Paal, Bernd Wallner, Hermann Brugger 89
12. Prehospital Management of Avalanche Victims – Hermann Brugger, Giacomo Strapazzon, Peter Paal 97
13. Prehospital Rewarming in Hypothermia. Indications, Methods, Problems and Pitfalls – Les Gordon 115
14. Coagulopathies in Hypothermic Patient – Hubert Hymczak, Mirosław Ziętkiewicz, Dariusz Plicner 131
15. Changes of Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics of Medications in Hypothermic Patients – Jarosław Woroń, Jerzy Wordliczek 139
16. Extracorporeal Therapy in Patients in Severe Hypothermia – Rafał Drwiła 145
17. Vascular Access for Extracorporeal Circulation – Jacek Piątek, Janusz Konstanty-Kalandyk 155
18. Problems and Pitfalls of Qualifi cation for Extracorporeal Treatment of Patients in Severe Hypothermia – Anna Jarosz, Sylweriusz Kosiński, Tomasz Darocha, Hubert Hymczak, Peter Paal, Rafał Drwiła 161
19. Procedure of Extracorporeal Treatment of Hypothermic Patients – Tomasz Darocha, Sylweriusz Kosiński, Anna Jarosz, Hubert Hymczak, Robert Gałązkowski, Tomasz Sanak, Jerzy Sadowski, Bogusław Kapelak, Rafał Drwiła 169
20. Recommendation of National Consultant in the Field on Emergency Medicine 177
21. Accidental Hypothermia: the Need for the International Hypothermia Registry – Beat H. Walpoth, Marie Meyer, Christophe Gaudet-Blavignac, Philippe Baumann, Pierre Gilquin, Christian Lovis 179
22. Qualification for Extracorporeal Rewarming Medical Report 183