Chemical Ice Packs for Cooling Hyperthermic Patients

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Conditions studied: Heat Stroke, Heat Exhaustion

In brief

A common tool to cool people in the pre-hospital setting is the chemical ice pack. These are used by athletic trainers, EMS personnel, ER staff, and people in the prehosoital setting. The ability of these to cool a person has never been quantified, the efficiency and extent of cooling, as well as location of placement of ice packs is purely anecdotal. The purpose of this study is to determine whether strategically placed chemical ice packs will provide benefit to individuals subjected to heat stress.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01694290

Run by

Stanford University

People needed

8

Starts

2012-08-01

Expected to finish

2013-07-01

Last updated by the study team

2018-11-26

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 75. Sex: male. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• young healthy males > 18 years old with no active medical problems and able to run 10 km.

You may not qualify if…

• Active medical problems or inability to exercise for 45 minutes in a heated room.

Where it is running

• Stanford University — Palo Alto, California, United States

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