Life-saving thermal protection for hypothermic patients
Easy and effective:
Close fitting thorax shape with double insulation. Double layered, tight fitting and insulating thermal blanket. Shaped especially to maximise heat retention of the thorax and head. The silver foil retains the patient‘s body temperature while the multi-layer blanket prevents heat loss.
• Developed by ambulance staff
• Tight fitting thorax shape, with openings making access and medical intervention easy
• Double insulation of thorax and head
FACTS: Hypothermia is dangerous. It is often experienced in near drowning incidents and by trauma patients. Protection of the head and thorax is extremely important.
Heat loss from the head alone makes up 50% of the total. For multi-trauma patients, the survival rate drops to 50% if the body temperature is below 34 degrees.
At a body temperature below 32 degrees, survival is very rare.
