RT Book, Section
A1 Radford, Natalie
A2 Sherman, Scott C.
A2 Weber, Joseph M.
A2 Schindlbeck, Michael A.
A2 Rahul G., Patwari
SR Print(0)
ID 1101227744
T1 Heat-Related Illness
T2 Clinical Emergency Medicine
YR 2014
FD 2014
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-179460-2
LK accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1101227744
RD 2024/04/25
AB Always  consider  secondary  causes  of  hyperthermia.  Heat  exhaustion  and  heat  stroke  should  be  diagnoses  of  exclusion.Do  not  fluid  overload  elderly  patients  while  rehydrating  them  in  the  emergency  department  (ED).  Remember  that  their  fluid  and  electrolyte  deficits  developed  over  days,  and  they  do  not  need  to  be  fully  repleted  while  in  the  ED.Begin  cooling  the  severely  hyperthermic  patient  as  soon  as  other  life-threatening  conditions  and  airway,  breathing,  and  circulation  have  been  addressed.  Delays  in  treatment  can  increase  morbidity  and  mortality.