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Table 2 Knowledge of management according to the physician’s specialty

From: Heat stroke: knowledge and practices of medical professionals in pediatric emergency medicine departments – a survey study

Category PEM physicians
(n = 31)
Other physicians
(n = 115)
P value
Evaporative cooling for MVRHC n, (%) 26 (83.9) 58 (50.4) 0.00001
Evaporative cooling for exertional heat stroke n, (%) 20 (64.5) 27 (23.5) 0.0001
  1. PEM pediatric emergency medicine, MVRHC motor vehicle related hyperthermia in children