An Evidence-Based Approach To Hyperthermia And Other Heat-Related Emergencies

Lin, Janet MD, MPH, FACEP
Losey, Ralph MD, FACEP
Prendergast, Heather M. MD, MPH, FACEP
Whiteman, Paula J. MD, FACEP, FAAP
Cohen, Ari MD

¹Authors
²Assistant Professor, Director of International Emergency Medicine Fellowship, Attending Physician, University of Illinois Medical Center, Chicago,IL
³Clinical Assistant Professor, Attending Physician, University of Illinois Medical Center, Chicago,IL
⁴Associate Professor, Director Resident Research, Attending Physician, University of Illinois Medical Center, Chicago,IL
⁵Peer Reviewers
⁶Ruth and Harry Roman Emergency Department, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles; Director of Pediatric Emergency Services, Tarzana Regional Medical Center, Tarzana, CA
⁷Director of Operations, Pediatric Emergency Medicine; Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY

Date of original release: April 1, 2009

Date of most recent review: March 10, 2009

Termination date: April 1, 2012

Medium: Print and Online

Method of participation: Print or online answer form and evaluation.

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Pediatric Emergency Medicine Practice 6(4):p 1-14, April 2009.

It is a hot July afternoon when an EMS dispatcher notifies your emer-gency department of an incoming patient. Paramedics are bringing in a 23-month-old toddler who was accidentally left in his child safety seat for 15 minutes in a sweltering van. The child is noted to have blistering of his face and extremities. Upon arrival to the ED, the child is unresponsive.