This visualization was developed in November 2025 for the Virginia EMS Advisory Board’s Medical Direction and Trauma Governance Committees as part of a statewide Performance Improvement initiative focused on evaluating and enhancing prehospital warming practices.
Key finding: ~20% of major trauma patients transported by ground and air EMS were hypothermic.
Early temperature management represents a statewide opportunity for improvement.
- Visit the interactive dashboard for more information on methodology and to explore the data yourself: https://tinyurl.com/InitialTemp
- Download the 1-pager (regional detail version): Initial Temperatures of Trauma Patients_Regions_1pager
- Download the 1-pager (EMS Advisory Board version): Initial Temperatures of Trauma Patients_EMSAB_1pager
Prepared by: Daisy Banta, MPH, OEMS Senior Epidemiologist. November 2025. Please reach out to epi.oems@vdh.virginia.gov with any questions.
Last Updated: February 6, 2026