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First Aid - part 7
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Treatment: Of course the best treatment is prevention with adequate clothing, gloves, boots, oxygenation, food, fluid intake, and minimizing of fatigue and perspiration. Military experiences in the Korean War and research have resulted in the modern concept of rapid thawing of frozen tissue and abstinence from incurring further tissue injury by brisk rubbing or prolonging the thawing process. Large damaging crystals are prevented from forming in the tissues by rapid thawing, and a marked vaso-dilatation in the extremity is demonstrated proximal to the injury. This method is carried out by immersing the affected area in a water bath of 45 degrees Centigrade, or 115 degrees Fahrenheit. This procedure can usually be performed without difficulty at a high camp with the available equipment of cooking pots and Primus stoves. It should be done promptly.
The treatment may be painful, but pain can be controlled with narcotics. Following this, sterile moderate-compression dressings should be applied to control the edema before it develops. Some authorities advise no
dressings. However, some form of sterile protection should be afforded while the patient is being transported. Antibiotics are begun immediately, and the patient should not be allowed to walk if a foot is involved. Certain circumstances may make it expedient for a climber to descend under his own power to a more appropriate camp with feet still frozen rather than to attempt to thaw them on the trail, thereby becoming totally a litter case. Less damage comes from walking on the feet or toes that are frozen than walking on them after they have thawed.
Additional methods of treatment, such as dilatation of blood vessels by oral medication of nerve (sympathetic ganglion) blocks and the use of anticoagulants, have not proved especially valuable. The gangrenous area will become fully demarcated after about a month, and no attempt at amputation should be performed earlier.
In summary, frostbite is better prevented by proper clothing and footwear and by adequate food and liquid intake. Should it occur, turn back early before extensive damage results. Treatment should be instituted in an appropriate camp rather than on the trail and should include rapid thawing; the gentle handling and cleansing of tissues to prevent further damage and infection; the prophylactic use of antibiotics; and general supportive measures determined by the patient's condition, shock, and other injuries. Walking on thawed frostbitten feet and premature "surgery" must be avoided. If nothing can be done, at least protect the part from further cold and allow it to thaw slowly by itself.
Snow blindness.—The temporary diminution or loss of sight of varying degree, occurring when unprotected eyes are subjected to the intense light reflected from the snow, is known as snow blindness. It may occur on cloudy days as well as clear, and is particularly apt to occur on
brilliant days in the spring, when the sun is high and the days are long. More harmful rays exist at high altitudes because there is less in the air to absorb them.
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