Society guideline links: Hypothermia

Introduction — This topic includes links to society and government-sponsored guidelines from selected countries and regions around the world. We will update these links periodically; newer versions of some guidelines may be available on each society's website. Some societies may require users to log in to access their guidelines.

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Links to related guidelines are provided separately. (See "Society guideline links: Management of environmental emergencies".)

United States

●American Heart Association (AHA): Guidelines for cardiopulmonary resuscitation and emergency cardiovascular care – Part 3: Adult basic and advanced life support (2020)

●Wilderness Medical Society (WMS): Clinical practice guidelines for the out-of-hospital evaluation and treatment of accidental hypothermia, update (2019)

●WMS: Clinical practice guidelines for the prevention and treatment of frostbite, update (2019)

●National Athletic Trainers' Association (NATA): Position statement on environmental cold injuries (2008)

Europe

●European Resuscitation Council (ERC): Guidelines – Cardiac arrest in special circumstances (2021)

Australia–New Zealand

●Australian and New Zealand Committee on Resuscitation (ANZCOR): Guideline 9.3.3 – Hypothermia and cold related injury (2021)