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Arch Orthop Trauma Surg · Jun 2011
Case ReportsSevere frostbite injury in a 19-year-old patient requiring amputation of both distal forearms and lower legs due to delayed rescue: a need for advanced accident collision notification systems?
- Oliver Kloeters, Henning Ryssel, Arnold J Suda, and Marcus Lehnhardt.
- Department of Hand, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, BG-Burn and Trauma Center Ludwigshafen, University of Heidelberg, Ludwigshafen, Germany. okloeters@yahoo.de
- Arch Orthop Trauma Surg. 2011 Jun 1; 131 (6): 875878875-8.
AbstractFrostbite injury is a rare but severe injury especially when rescue triage is prolonged. We here report the case of a 19-year-old male patient with severe frostbite injuries requiring amputation of both distal forearms and both lower legs due to delayed admission to medical care. This case demonstrates that even mild ambient temperatures can cause deleterious injuries if the exposure time is long enough paralleling our knowledge of burn trauma. Immediate admission to medical care is, therefore, paramount and GPS-based automated accident collision notification systems would therefore be of great benefit especially in rural areas.
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