WHO SHOULD BE WARMED? The answer is simple - Everyone.

Anesthetized patients can’t regulate their temperature. Research shows that core body temperature drops rapidly following the induction of general anesthesia, increasing the risk for unintended hypothermia - an all-too common and costly complication associated with higher mortality rates, longer hospital stays and an increased rate of wound infection.

Forced-air warming is a simple, cost-effective method to prevent unintended hypothermia and its complications.

*Adapted from: Sessler DI, Perioperative Heat Balance. Anesth., V92, No. 2, Feb 2000.