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Effect of Wet Clothing Removal Compared to Use of a Vapor Barrier in Accidental Hypothermia

NCT05996757 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 8

Last updated 2023-08-18

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Summary

The optimal method of prehospital insulation and rewarming of hypothermic patients have been subject of debate, and there is a substantial lack og high-quality evidence to guide providers.

One question concerns whether or not the patients clothing should be removed prior to being wrapped in an insulating model with a vapor barrier. Evaporative heat loss is one of four mechanisms of heat loss, and preventing evaporative heat loss should be a prioritized task for providers. Removal of wet clothing usually means subjecting the patient to the environment, but will reduce the evaporative heat loss considerably. An other alternative is to encapsulate the patient in a vapor barrier. Evaporative heat loss will stop when the humidity inside the vapor barrier reaches 100%.

We aim to investigate whether it is recommended to removed wet clothing or encase the patient in a vapor barrier.

Conditions

  • Accidental Hypothermia
  • Emergencies

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Wet clothing removal

The participants in the intervention group will have their clothing removed prior to insulation.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Haukeland University Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Øyvind Thomassen, MD, PhD · Haukeland University Hospital

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
CROSSOVER

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2017-03-20
Primary Completion
2017-03-21
Completion
2017-03-21

Countries

  • Norway

Study Locations

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