Additionally, ECRI points out, blankets are sometimes
applied to insensate or unconscious patients, who don't
know and can't respond when they're too hot. In its
investigation, ECRI uncovered cases involving sedated
and anesthetized patients who were given folded or
rolled blankets and who suffered second-degree burns
with blistering.
While burns aren't completely impossible even at
130°F, says ECRI, they're highly unlikely. But the risk
increases dramatically as temperatures rise above
130°F.
Further, ECRI points out, the clinical value of heating
blankets above 130°F is negligible, because the physics
of heat transfer and thermodynamics render hot blan-
kets incapable of actively increasing a patient's core
temperature. Passive warming with blankets can only
reduce patient heat loss. — Jim Burger
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