{
  "abstract": "Severe exertional heat illness (EHI) poses a significant risk to those undertaking prolonged physical activity, including military training,1 and best-practice guidance2 3 recommends treating promptly with whole-body cold water immersion (CWI). Improving the early availability of CWI is imperative for those at risk of severe EHI and requires healthcare teams to become competent and confident in its delivery. However, outside certain specialised settings,4 severe EHI may be seen only occasionally by individual military medical practitioners. As such, opportunities to learn the safe delivery of CWI may be limited, and no recognised programme exists to train personnel.",
  "authors": [
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Academic Department of Military Emergency Medicine, Royal Centre for Defence Medicine, Birmingham, UK",
        "Emergency Department, Derriford Hospital, Plymouth, UK"
      ],
      "name": "Felix Wood"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Royal Army Medical Corps, Aldershot, Surrey, UK"
      ],
      "name": "P Gimson"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "School of Sport and Health Sciences, University of Brighton, Brighton, UK"
      ],
      "name": "T Leckie"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Leeds Beckett University, Leeds, UK"
      ],
      "name": "G Jones"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Commando Training Centre Royal Marines, Exmouth, UK"
      ],
      "name": "R Hemingway"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, UK",
        "St John Ambulance, London, UK"
      ],
      "name": "A Hartle"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "University College London, London, UK"
      ],
      "name": "C Kipps"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Academic Department of Military Medicine, Royal Centre for Defence Medicine, Birmingham, UK"
      ],
      "name": "M J Stacey"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "UK Heat Illness Advisory Group, London, UK"
      ],
      "name": "UK Heat Illness Advisory Group"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [],
      "name": "Brighton Marathon Medical Team"
    }
  ],
  "title": "Feasibility of a 1-day course to teach cold water immersion to medical practitioners",
  "uid": "b85faf31-4b73-52d2-9cd5-a3c746443762"
}