Thrombolytics (clot-dissolving medications) have a role in the treatment of severe frostbite in restoring circulation after the injury has been thawed. This hospital based treatment is time sensitive, and the sooner the treatment is started, the better. Patients exhibiting thawed severe frostbite should be evacuated to definitive care as soon...

The Wilderness Medical Society released a position paper on frostbite (Wilderness & Environmental Medicine, 22, 156–166. 2011). One of the points they made refers to the decision of “to thaw or not to thaw.” Partial or full ­thickness injuries are ideally thawed in a warm water bath at 99-­102°F (37-­39°C)....