Prevention of HYPOthermia Before Admission in TRAUMa Patients - Hypotraum 2 Study

Trauma patients are often hypothermic (temperature < 35 °C) upon arrival at the hospital. Hypothermia is with hypotension and hypoxia, perfectly known to be directly responsible for complications.

Hypothermia is responsible, with acidosis and coagulopathy, of the " lethal triad" of trauma.

Thus, it is clearly established that hypothermia is directly associated with poor prognostic in trauma patients. In a recent study, mortality rate reached 100% for trauma patients arriving at the hospital with a body temperature below 32°C.

The weather, the severity of the trauma and medical (or paramedical) interventions are responsible for the onset of this hypothermia.

Then, continuous monitoring of the patient's temperature, active protection against hypothermia with a metal blanket, the warming (and measure the temperature of) infusion fluids, the warming (and measure the temperature of) the ambulance should improve patient's outcome. As hypothermia is associated with mortality of trauma patients, the control must lead to reduce mortality.