Purpose: To identify risk factors associated with frostbite injury.			Citations with documentation. 34.01.13	Medal Project 2004. See disclaimer.
data	enter
Are you evaluating a patient for risk factors associated with frostbite injury? (Y or N)		:-):-):-)
Is/Does the patient?
• malnourished? (Y or N)		:-):-):-)		1
• debilitated? (Y or N)		:-):-):-)		1
• fully acclimatized to the cold? (Y or N)		:-):-):-)		1
• Black or from an equatorial racial group? (Y or N)		:-):-):-)		1
• have something constrictive that is interfering with blood supply to an extremity? (Y or N)		:-):-):-)		1
• had previous cold injury to an exposed body part? (Y or N)		:-):-):-)		1
• have peripheral vascular disease? (Y or N)		:-):-):-)		1
• have Raynaud's disease? (Y or N)		:-):-):-)		1
• have cryoglobulinemia or cold agglutinin disease? (Y or N)		:-):-):-)		1
• a heavy tobacco user? (Y or N)		:-):-):-)		1
• being exposed to the cold at a high altitude? (Y or N)		:-):-):-)		1
• have a peripheral neuropathy? (Y or N)		:-):-):-)		1
• an active alcoholic and/or drug user? (Y or N)		:-):-):-)		1
• semi- or unconscious? (Y or N)		:-):-):-)		1
• have one or more areas of exposed skin? (Y or N)		:-):-):-)		0
calculate	result
data complete?	Yes
evaluation appropriate?	Yes	:-):-):-)
number of risk factors for frostbite injury	14	risk factors for frostbite injury