National expert consensus on early clinical diagnosis and treatment of frostbite

doi:10.3877/cma.j.issn.1673-9450.2022.01.001

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Frostbite is an injury caused by the decrease of local or systemic temperature by long-term exposure to the cold environment. At present, the understanding of frostbite is still limited, especially in the early stage of injury, there is still a lack of standardized and unified diagnosis and treatment. The Burn Professional Committee of the China Medical Education Association organized national experts in the field of frostbite treatment, focused discussions, and combined with domestic and foreign literature reports, compiled the consensus on first aid and treatment of early frostbitefromthe pathophysiology of frostbite, diagnosis and classification, frostbiteprevention to form a standardized and unified treatment process, so as to guide front-line rescue personnel and specialists on the early first aid and treatment of frostbite.

Key words: Frostbite, Diganosis, Expert consensus, First aid of frostbite, Treatment of frostbite

The Burn Professional Committee of the China Medical Education Association. National expert consensus on early clinical diagnosis and treatment of frostbite[J]. Chinese Journal of Injury Repair and Wound Healing(Electronic Edition), 2022, 17(01): 1-6.

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