Water-immersion treatments for exertional hyperthermia

Authors

Joanne Caldwell, University of WollongongFollow
Anne van den Heuvel, University of WollongongFollow
Pete Kerry, University of WollongongFollow
Mitchell Clark, University of WollongongFollow
Mark Patterson, University of WollongongFollow
Gregory E. Peoples, University of WollongongFollow
Nigel A.S Taylor, University of WollongongFollow

RIS ID

29073

Publication Details

Caldwell, J., van den Heuvel, A., Kerry, P., Clark, M., Patterson, M., Peoples, G. E. & Taylor, N. A.S. Water-immersion treatments for exertional hyperthermia. Defence Human Sciences Symposium; Melbourne, Australia: Australian Government Department of Defence; 2009.

Abstract

Ice--cold water immersion can rapidly extract heat from hyperthermic patients. However, access to ice or cold water is limited when in the field, and some researchers have concerns regarding the possible adverse impact of the sudden cold-water immersion of hyperthennic individuals. We hypothesised that wanner-water immersions could still facilitate rapid cooling in profoundly hypertbennic people, and this would be due to less powerful cutaneous vasoconstrictor responses. These hypotheses were tested in two separate experiments.