Health Explainer: Extreme Cold EMER_26347330 02

[Text on screen: The Ohio State University, Wexner Medical Center
Most common cold-weather conditions in ED]

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[Text on screen: Jennah Morgan, MD
Emergency Medicine Physician
Ohio State Wexner Medical Center]

Jennah Morgan, MD: Some common injuries that we'll see in the emergency department during the cold weather season, you can see hypothermia. So people who have cold exposure, so some confusion, some fatigue, and lethargy. Other things that you will see are frostbite and other cold burn injuries. 

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As well as just from regular outside exposure, you'll have some slips and falls. For people who are shoveling, who might have heart conditions, you'll see some angina. You might see an increase in heart attacks. You might also have incidents of muscular strain. If someone decides that they're going to go and tackle that snow after not being active for a while, you can have those types of injuries. 

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And so I think some common populations that are more at risk during the cold weather, just for people who are going outside, know your body.

[Text on screen: The Ohio State University, Wexner Medical Center
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