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Table 2 Simple classification of cold injuries from WMS

From: Expert consensus on the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of cold injury in China, 2020

Level

Content

Superficial

No or minimal anticipated tissue loss, corresponding to 1st- and 2nd-degree injury

Deep

Deeper injury and anticipated tissue loss, corresponding to 3rd- and 4th- degree injury

  1. WMS Wilderness Medical Society