The Wilderness Medical Society (WMS) reported a simple staging system for accidental hypothermia.
Patient selection: accidental hypothermia
Clinical Findings
Core Temperature
Category
normal mental status; shivering; unable to care for self or to function normally
32-35°C
mild
conscious with abnormal mental status; variable shivering'
28 to 31.9°C
moderate
unconscious
< 28 °C
severe
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Specialty: Emergency Medicine