Hyperthermia

UK prehospital practitioners' knowledge of heat-related illness and heatstroke

The study aimed to assess the baseline knowledge of practitioners working in prehospital medical services in the UK. Specifically, it intended to assess knowledge around the risks, recognition and...

From Homer to the present: an account of historical perspectives of heat illness

Heat-related illnesses have been documented and treated since written historical records began. Various synonyms have been used through the ages, including sunstroke, siriasis, thermic fever, ardent...

Serotonin toxicity: pre-hospital recognition and management

The condition was first described in medical literature by Oates and Sjoerdsma (1960). Oates found that patients developed certain neuroexcitatory features after receiving the amin acid tryptophan...

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