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Table 4 Staging of accidental hypothermia in Switzerland

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

Stage

Clinical presentation

Typical core temperature

HT I

Conscious, shivering

35 °C to 32 °C

HT II

Impaired consciousness, not shivering

< 32 °C to 28 °C

HT III

Unconscious, not shivering, vital signs present

< 28 °C to 24 °C

HT IV

No vital signs

< 24 °C

  1. HT Hypothermia.
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