ABSTRACT
I. INTRODUCTION Accidental hypothermia is an unintentional reduction in body core temperature below 35°C. This is an arbitrary definition. Many patients already demonstrate symptoms of mild accidental hypothermia (e.g., shivering) at a core temperature of 36°C. On the other hand, a body core temperature of 35°C is just within the range of the diurnal variations in core temperature observed in some healthy adults [1,2].
