Severe Hypothermia in the Sunshine State

Amninder Singh; Tej G Stead; Rohan Mangal; Paul Banerjee; Latha Ganti

doi:10.7759/cureus.5088

Severe Hypothermia in the Sunshine State

Cureus. 2019 Jul 6;11(7):e5088. doi: 10.7759/cureus.5088.

Authors

Amninder Singh¹, Tej G Stead², Rohan Mangal³, Paul Banerjee⁴, Latha Ganti⁵

Affiliations

¹ Emergency Medicine, University of Central Florida / Healthcare Corporation of America Graduate Medical Education Consortium, Orlando, USA.
² Emergency Medicine, Brown University, Providence, USA.
³ Emergency Medicine, John Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA.
⁴ Emergency Medicine, University of Central Florida, Orlando, USA.
⁵ Emergency Medicine, Envision Physician Services, Orlando, USA.

Abstract

The authors present a case of accidental hypothermia in a region with a warm climate. The article includes a review of the stages of hypothermia as well as the management of hypothermia. Clinicians need to be vigilant for this condition even in places with warm weather.

Keywords: florida; hypothermia.

Publication types

Case Reports