TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2011//
TI  - Severe 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?
JO  - Archives of orthopaedic and trauma surgery
A1  - Kloeters, Oliver
A1  - Ryssel, Henning
A1  - Suda, Arnold J.
A1  - Lehnhardt, Marcus
SP  - 875
EP  - 878
VL  - 131
IS  - 6
N2  - Frostbite 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.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0936-8051
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00402-011-1267-8
ID  - ref1
ER  -