• Abstracts from The Cold Weather Operations Conference 2021 

      Norheim, Arne Johan; Rannestad, Bård Stian; Howes, Richard; Rein, Erling Bekkestad; Jørum, Ellen; Friedl, Karl; Havenith, George; Teien, Hilde Kristin; Mercer, James; Melau, Jørgen; de Weerd, Louis; Smith, Michael; Taylor, Natalie; Voie, Øyvind Albert; Bergan-Skar, Pål; Andrews, Steve; Næsheim, Torvind; Steinberg, Tuva (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-03-11)
      A common effort for both military and civil healthcare is to achieve knowledge-based health care in cold weather injuries and fatal accidents in harsh arctic environment. The Cold Weather Operations Conference in November 2021, having more than 300 participants from 20 countries, was addressing the prevention and treatment of injuries and trauma care in cold weather conditions and the challenges for ...
    • The classification of freezing cold injuries - a NATO research task group position paper 

      Norheim, Arne Johan; Sullivan-Kwantes, Wendy; Steinberg, Tuva; Castellani, John; Friedl, Karl E. (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2023-04-21)
      Introduction: Freezing cold injuries (FCI) are a common risk in extreme cold weather operations. Although the risks have long been recognised, injury occurrences tend to be sparse and geographically distributed, with relatively few cases to study in a systematic way. The first challenge to improve FCI medical management is to develop a common nomenclature for FCI classification. This is critical for ...
    • Freezing cold injuries among soldiers in the Norwegian Armed Forces – A cross sectional study 

      Steinberg, Tuva; Kristoffersen, Agnete Egilsdatter; Bjerkan, Geir; Norheim, Arne Johan (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2023-06-30)
      <p><i>Introduction:</i> Freezing cold injuries (FCI) are a common risk in extreme cold weather warfare operations. The Norwegian Armed Forces (NAF) have the expertise and capabilities in education and training for warfighting capabilities in the Arctic. Nevertheless, a substantial number of Norwegian soldiers sustain freezing cold injuries annually. The aim of this study was to describe the FCI in ...