Accidental hypothermia.

From the Department of Emergency Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver (D.J.A.B.), and the Department of Emergency Medicine, Mineral Springs Hospital, Banff, AB (J.B.) — both in Canada; the Institute of Mountain Emergency Medicine, European Academy of Bolzano, Bolzano, Italy (H.B.); and the Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria (P.P.). Address reprint requests to Dr. Brown at the Department of Emergency Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver General Hospital, 855 W. 12th Ave., Vancouver, BC V5Z 1M9, Canada, or at dbhypothermia@gmail.com.

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