Krau Stephen D
School of Nursing, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37240, USA.
Crit Care Nurs Clin North Am. 2013 Jun;25(2):243-50. doi: 10.1016/j.ccell.2013.02.009. Epub 2013 Mar 25.
With forecast trends predicting climate changes that will result in warmer weather globally, the potential for heat-related morbidities and mortality increases. Critical care nurses are uniquely poised to have an impact on the health care consequences of persons exposed to excessive ambient heat. The first step is a clearer understanding of ambient heat, heat conditions, and heat factors. This understanding combined with knowledge of persons at highest risk for heat-related mortality and morbidity can lead to interventions to ameliorate the prevalence and incidence of these incidents.
随着预测趋势表明气候变化将导致全球天气变暖，与高温相关的发病率和死亡率的可能性增加。重症护理护士在影响暴露于过高环境温度下的人群的医疗后果方面具有独特的优势。第一步是更清楚地了解环境温度、热状况和热因素。这种理解与对与高温相关的死亡率和发病率风险最高人群的了解相结合，可以导致采取干预措施来改善这些事件的流行率和发生率。
