A simple improvised prehospital method to warm intravenous fluid

Use of warmed intravenous fluid by emergency medical services (EMS) for prehospital injured patients is recommended to avoid iatrogenic hypothermia. We hypothesized that an improvised heating method would significantly increase the temperature of an intravenous fluid bag in a simulated prehospital environment.

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