A revised Swiss system for classifying accidental hypothermia is simple to use.
Parameters:
(1) AVPU status (alert, verbal, pain, unresponsive)
(2) vital signs
|
AVPU Status
|
Vital Signs
|
Stage
|
|
alert
|
NA
|
1
|
|
responds to voice
|
NA
|
2
|
|
responds to pain
|
NA
|
3
|
|
unconscious
|
detectable
|
3
|
|
unconscious
|
not detectable
|
4
|
|
Stage
|
Risk of Hypothermic Cardiac Arrest
|
|
1
|
low
|
|
2
|
moderate
|
|
3
|
high
|
|
4
|
present
|
