COLD WEATHER INJURY PREVENTION Major Army Guidance Document PREVENTION AND MANAGEMENT OF COLD WEATHER INJURIES 2004-2005 (Contains current wind chill temperature table) Leaders and soldiers should understand that prevention of cold injuries is vital to sustaining combat power. In the cold environments, leaders must continually be aware of the condition of their soldiers and be especially alert for signs and symptoms of cold injuries. Prevention, early detection, and immediate evacuation are the leader initiatives through which cold injuries should be managed in the field. Cold Injury Prevention Products Training Aids and PowerPoint Presentations USARIEM References Field Manuals and Technical Bulletins – Medical Policy Memorandums Cold Weather Injury Articles Command and Installation Level Documents Go to Heat Injury Prevention Page Cold Injury Prevention Products The Disease Prevention and Control Program of the U.S. Army Center for Health Promotion (USACHPPM) in collaboration with the U.S. Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine (USARIEM) has developed cold injury prevention material for use at U.S. Army installations. Download Cold Injury Prevention Products Avoid Cold Casualties! (11" x 17" Poster on order) Cold Weather Injuries Poster (18" x 24" Poster available from CHPPM) Unit Leader's and Instructor's Risk Management Steps for Preventing Cold Casualties (8 1/2" 11", 8 pages)Click here to download the PowerPoint version. Quarter Sheet Size (Quad-fold) Cold Weather Casualties and Injuries Card (5 1/2" x 4 1/4" (folded) card available from CHPPM) To print out from the web: Click here to download Configure your local printer to print "double sided" on 8 1/2" x 11" paper Fold the sheet into half horizontally, then half vertically Final product will be 5 1/2" wide and 4 1/4" tall. To order Avoid Cold Casualties! and Cold Weather Injuries posters; and Cold Weather Casualties and Injury Cards from CHPPM, click here. Training Aids and PowerPoint Presentations PowerPoint Presentations: Cold Weather Injury Prevention In Iraq PowerPoint for Unit Leader’s and Instructor’s Risk Management Steps for Preventing Cold Casualties Cold Injuries: Description, Treatment, and Prevention (Annual Training) Proper Wear and Maintenance of Cold Weather Clothing and Equipment Field Sanitation Team Training Presentation, Lesson Plan 11, AMEDDC&S Winter Jeopardy Other Training Aids: GTA 08-05-062, Guide to Staying Healthy, September 2000 GTA 08-06-012, Adverse Effects of Cold, August 1985 TC 21-3, Soldier’s Handbook for Individual Operations and Survival in Cold-Weather Areas, March 1986 TRADOC Common Core TSP 081-C-1045, Perform First Aid for Cold Injuries, March 1999 (Requires ADTL account to access) USARIEM References Sustaining Health and Performance in the Cold (Technical Note 02-2) Medical Aspects of Cold Weather Operations: A Handbook for Medical Officers (Technical Note 93-4) Nutritional Advice for Military Operations in a Cold Environment Prevention And Management of Cold Weather Injuries 2004-2005 Field Manuals and Technical Bulletins – Medical Unit Field Sanitation Team, FM 4-25.12, Section IX Cold Injuries, 25 Jan 2002 Field Manual 21-10, June 2000, Field Hygiene and Sanitation Field Manual 21-11, October 1988, First Aid for Soldiers TB Med 81, September 1976, Cold Injury, under revision as TB MED 508 Policy Memorandums Army Cold Weather Injury Prevention Program 2003-2004 Unit Leader’s and Instructor’s Risk Management Steps for Preventing Cold Casualties Clinical Guidance for Case Classification and Reporting Requirements General Guidance for all Cold-Weather Physical Training (PT) Wind Chill Temperature Table Cold Weather Injury Articles US Army Safety Center 2003 Cold Weather Countermeasures Issue US Army Medical Surveillence Monthly Report (MSMR) Cold Weather Injuries among Active Duty Soldiers, US Army, January 1997 - July 2002 Cold Weather Injuries among Active Duty Soldiers, US Army, 1997-2001 Command and Installation Level Documents TRADOC Regulation 350-6, para 3-21, 3 July 2001, Training, Enlisted Initial Entry Training Policies and Administration TRADOC Regulation 350-29 16 July 03, Prevention of Heat and Cold Casualties 10th Mountain Division at Ft. Drum PowerPoint Presentation Cold Injury Prevention Program in Korea PowerPoint Presentations For Commanders, Leaders and Healthcare Providers Soldiers Guide Send us your SOPs, Regulations, Policies, or Other Cold Injury Information CHPPM-HealthInformationOperations@apg.amedd.army.mil
Leaders and soldiers should understand that prevention of cold injuries is vital to sustaining combat power. In the cold environments, leaders must continually be aware of the condition of their soldiers and be especially alert for signs and symptoms of cold injuries. Prevention, early detection, and immediate evacuation are the leader initiatives through which cold injuries should be managed in the field.
Cold Injury Prevention Products Training Aids and PowerPoint Presentations USARIEM References Field Manuals and Technical Bulletins – Medical Policy Memorandums Cold Weather Injury Articles Command and Installation Level Documents Go to Heat Injury Prevention Page Cold Injury Prevention Products The Disease Prevention and Control Program of the U.S. Army Center for Health Promotion (USACHPPM) in collaboration with the U.S. Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine (USARIEM) has developed cold injury prevention material for use at U.S. Army installations.
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Field Manuals and Technical Bulletins – Medical
Policy Memorandums
Cold Weather Injury Articles
Command and Installation Level Documents
Send us your SOPs, Regulations, Policies, or Other Cold Injury Information
