TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Disorders due to Physical & Environmental Agents A1 - Bowers, Rebecca C. A1 - Vivolo, Jon C. A2 - Stone, C. Keith A2 - Humphries, Roger L. Y1 - 2017 N1 - T2 - CURRENT Diagnosis & Treatment: Emergency Medicine, 8e AB - Individuals vary considerably in their response to cold environments. Hypothermia can occur in a wide variety of environmental settings. Factors that increase the risk of injury from cold include poor general physical condition, nonacclimatization, childhood or advanced age, systemic illness, malnutrition, rapid temperature changes, and the use of alcohol and other sedative drugs. High wind velocity (wind-chill factor) and moisture markedly increase the propensity for cold injury at low temperatures. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/29 UR - accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1176296655 ER -