Cold injuries in the glacial regions of India
Background: Personnel deployed at an altitude ranging from 9000 ft to 23,000 ft are exposed to sub-zero temperatures up to −40°C. These conditions lead to the development of various cold injuries which presents in varying grades and severity. Aim: The aim of this study is to study the epidemiologica...
Main Authors: | Priya Ranjan, Aditya Pawar, Anant Kumar Naik, Saurabh Bhardwaj, Pawan Sharma |
---|---|
Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
Published: |
Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2021-01-01
|
Series: | Journal of Marine Medical Society |
Subjects: | |
Online Access: | http://www.marinemedicalsociety.in/article.asp?issn=0975-3605;year=2021;volume=23;issue=1;spage=24;epage=28;aulast=Ranjan |
Similar Items
-
An Unusual Case of Cold Burn Injury in a Tropical Country
by: Benjamin Chung, et al.
Published: (2023-07-01) -
Can iloprost be used for treatment of cold weather injury at the point of wounding in a forward operating environment? A literature review
by: Jonathon Lowe, et al.
Published: (2023-12-01) -
Using thrombolytics in frostbite injury
by: Eric A Gross, et al.
Published: (2012-01-01) -
Freezing cold injuries among soldiers in the Norwegian Armed Forces – A cross sectional study
by: Tuva Steinberg, et al.
Published: (2023-12-01) -
Morphological signs of fatal acute general cold injury in the air
by: Alexandr Y. Chudakov, et al.
Published: (2022-11-01)