Hypothermia Management- Foundation

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Hypothermia is a broad and complicated topic that is essential in the repertoire of any serious care provider or individual operating in an outdoor environment. In this video series, guest instructor and world-renowned hypothermia expert Dr. Gordon Giesbrecht comprehensively covers the topic of hypothermia at the foundational level. Dr. Giesbrecht will walk you through temperature regulation and physiology of the human body, classifications of hypothermia, heat loss prevention, and basic level treatment of the hypothermic casualty. This video series also includes a bonus video on cold water immersion.

Total time of all videos: 51:95

Access to the course is for 3 years from the course start date.

Prerequisites

Highly Recommended (critical to understanding content):

• Legal Aspects of Tactical Medicine
• Understanding Trauma
  • One of the following:

          a. TTC Basic Provider Casualty Approach

          b. TTC Advanced Provider Casualty Approach

          c. FTC Basic Provider Casualty Approach

          d. FTC Advanced Provider Casualty Approach

Recommended (may clarify content):

• Human Performance in Combat Casualty Care