Medical Aspects of Cold Weather Operations

This handbook is divided into four sections. The first section is a review of human physiologic and pathophysiologic reactions to cold. The second is an approach to the prevention of illness and injury during operations in the cold. The third is a clinical review, from the military medical perspective, of the presentation and management of the various forms of illness and injury caused by cold exposure. The fourth section summarizes particularly important or useful points to allow easy extraction for training.