• Connect with a Frostbite Care Provider

This is a non-exhaustive list of healthcare facilities and professionals with experience in providing frostbite care around the world, including healthcare facilities with established frostbite care pathways and protocols. The aim of this list is to facilitate frostbite care access and collaboration in providing frostbite care. 

Healthcare professionals may use this “Transfer of Care Form” to provide information to the next provider of care when transferring a patient from one healthcare facility to another (e.g. patient details, frostbite injury/event description and treatment provided).

For any other inquiries, visit the Canadian Frostbite Care Network Contact page.

The Canadian Frostbite Care Network does not provide formal medical consultations or specific medical advice. Frostbite assessment and care is variable between centres and physicians, as currently there is no clearly defined standard of care in the medical literature. 

Patients are encouraged to connect with their local care teams through the Emergency Department and/or Primary Care provider, who are best positioned to facilitate consultation and/or transfer of care to appropriate local specialists or one of the centres listed below. 

Canada - List of Frostbite care providers

ALBERTA CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL

28 Oki Drive, Calgary, Alberta, T3B 6A8, Canada

 

Direct point of contact:

Dr. Simon J Parson

[email protected]

Dr. Frankie Fraulin

[email protected]

 

Services offered:

  • formal frostbite treatment protocol in place
  • ability to conduct remote, virtual assessments
  • thrombolytics
  • Iloprost
  • hyperbaric oxygen (HBO)
  • specialist surgery
  • wound care nursing support
  • in-patient beds
  • formal perfusion imaging (technetium, angiography, microangiography, SPECT)
  • clinic follow up 

 

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FOOTHILLS MEDICAL CENTRE

1403 29st NW, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

 

Direct point of contact:

Burns surgeon

 

For care providers:

Referral, Access, Advice, Placement, Information & Destination (RAAPID)

RAAPID South for patients in and south of Red Deer, Alberta

1-800-661-1700 (Canada ONLY)

403-944-4486

[email protected]

 

Services offered:

  • formal frostbite treatment protocol in place
  • ability to conduct remote, virtual assessments
  • thrombolytics
  • Iloprost
  • hyperbaric oxygen (HBO)
  • specialist surgery
  • wound care nursing support
  • in-patient beds
  • formal perfusion imaging (technetium, angiography, microangiography, SPECT)
  • clinic follow up 

 

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ROYAL ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL

10240 Kingsway NW, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

 

Direct point of contact:

 

For care providers:

Referral, Access, Advice, Placement, Information & Destination (RAAPID)

RAAPID North (for patients north of Red Deer, Alberta)

1-800-282-9911 (Canada ONLY)

780-735-0811

[email protected]

 

Services offered:

  • formal frostbite treatment protocol in place
  • ability to conduct remote, virtual assessments
  • thrombolytics
  • Iloprost
  • hyperbaric oxygen (HBO)
  • specialist surgery
  • wound care nursing support
  • in-patient beds
  • formal perfusion imaging (technetium, angiography, microangiography, SPECT)
  • clinic follow up 

 

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UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA HOSPITAL

8440 112st NW, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

 

Direct point of contact:

Burns surgeon

 

For care providers:

Referral, Access, Advice, Placement, Information & Destination (RAAPID)

RAAPID North (for patients north of Red Deer, Alberta)

1-800-282-9911 (Canada ONLY)

780-735-0811

[email protected]

 

Services offered:

  • formal frostbite treatment protocol in place
  • ability to conduct remote, virtual assessments
  • thrombolytics
  • Iloprost
  • hyperbaric oxygen (HBO)
  • specialist surgery
  • wound care nursing support
  • in-patient beds
  • formal perfusion imaging (technetium, angiography, microangiography, SPECT)
  • clinic follow up 

INTERIOR HEALTH AUTHORITY

Cariboo Memorial Hospital, 100 mile District Hospital, Royal Inland Hospital, Shuswap Lake General Hospital, Kelowna General Hospital, Kootenay Lake Hospital, East Kootenay Regional Hospital and Golden and District Hospital, British Columbia, Canada

 

Direct point of contact:

[email protected]

 

Services offered:

  • formal frostbite treatment protocol in place
  • thrombolytics
  • iloprost
  • specialist surgery
  • wound care nursing support
  • in-patient beds
  • formal perfusion imaging (technetium, angiography, microangiography, SPECT)
  • clinic follow up 

QEII HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE, NOVA SCOTIA HEALTH

1796 Summer Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3H 3A6

 

Direct point of contact:

Dr. Jack Rasmussen

[email protected]

 

Pharmacy Department

Jessica Sellers

[email protected]

 

Services offered:

  • formal frostbite treatment protocol in place
  • ability to conduct remote, virtual assessments
  • thrombolytics
  • iloprost
  • specialist surgery
  • formal perfusion imaging (technetium, angiography)
  • in-patient beds
  • clinic follow up

CENTRE DE SANTÉ INUULITSIVIK

764 rue Sivuarapik, Puvirnituq, Québec, J0M 1P0, Canada

 

Direct point of contact:

Médecin de l'unité de soins

[email protected]

 

  • Services offered:
  • formal frostbite treatment protocol in place
  • ability to conduct remote, virtual assessments
  • thrombolytics
  • Iloprost
  • wound care nursing support
  • in-patient beds
  • clinic follow up 

 

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HÔPITAL RÉGIONAL ST-JÉRÔME, QUÉBEC

290 rue de Montigny, Saint Jérôme, Québec, J7Z 5T3, Canada

 

Direct point of contact:

Dr. Éric Contan, MD, M.Sc, CCFP-EM

[email protected]

 

Services offered:

  • thrombolytics
  • Iloprost
  • hyperbaric oxygen (HBO)
  • specialist surgery
  • wound care nursing support
  • in-patient beds
  • formal perfusion imaging (technetium, angiography, microangiography, SPECT)
  • clinic follow up 

 

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UNGAVA TULATTAVIK HEALTH CENTRE (UTHC)

Kuujjuaq, Québec, Canada

 

Direct point of contact:

[email protected]

 

Services offered:

  • formal frostbite treatment protocol in place
  • thrombolytics
  • Iloprost
  • in-patient beds
  • clinic follow up 

WHITEHORSE GENERAL HOSPITAL, YUKON HOSPITALS

Yukon Surgical Clinic, Whitehorse General Hospital, Whitehorse, Yukon, Y1A 3H7, Canada

 

Direct point of contact:

Dr. Alex Poole

[email protected]

 

Pharmacy department

Josianne Gauthier

[email protected]

 

Services offered:

  • formal frostbite treatment protocol in place
  • ability to conduct remote, virtual assessments
  • thrombolytics
  • iloprost
  • specialist surgery
  • wound care nursing support
  • in-patient beds
  • clinic follow up

International - List of Frostbite care providers

HELSINKI BURN CENTRE, DEPARTMENT OF PLASTIC SURGERY

Turuntie 150, 02740 Espoo, Finland

 

Direct point of contact:

Dr. Andrew Lindford

[email protected]

 

Services offered:

  • formal frostbite treatment protocol in place
  • ability to conduct remote, virtual assessments
  • thrombolytics
  • Iloprost
  • hyperbaric oxygen (HBO)
  • specialist surgery
  • wound care nursing support
  • in-patient beds
  • formal perfusion imaging (technetium, angiography, microangiography, SPECT)
  • clinic follow up 

IFREMMONT

Hopitaux des Pays du Mont Blanc, 559 route des pélerins, 74400 Chamonix , FRANCE

 

Pierre Doctors: Pascal Zellener, Pierre Muller, Francois Lecoq, Guy Duperrex

[email protected]

 

Services offered:

  • formal frostbite treatment protocol in place
  • ability to conduct remote, virtual assessments
  • iloprost
  • hyperbaric oxygen (HBO)
  • specialist surgery
  • wound care nursing support
  • in-patient beds
  • formal perfusion imaging (technetium, angiography, microangiography, SPECT)
  • clinic follow up 

CIWEC HOSPITAL

Lainchaur, Kathmandu, Nepal

 

Direct point of contact:

Dr. Suvash Dawadi

[email protected]

 

Services offered:

  • formal frostbite treatment protocol in place
  • ability to conduct remote, virtual assessments
  • iloprost
  • specialist surgery
  • wound care nursing support
  • in-patient beds
  • clinic follow up

TIMARU HOSPITAL

14 Queens Street, Timaru. 7910. New Zealand

 

Direct point of contact:

Dr. Robin Barraclough

[email protected]

 

Services offered:

  • ability to conduct remote, virtual assessments
  • thrombolytics
  • iloprost
  • wound care nursing support
  • in-patient beds
  • clinic follow up 

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DR. RICHARD D PRICE

248 Hadlow Road RD4 Timaru. 7974. New Zealand

 

Direct point of contact:

Dick Price

[email protected]

 

Services offered:

ability to conduct remote, virtual assessments

clinic follow up 

FROSTBITE CLINIC

UHCW NHS Trust, Clifford Bridge Rd, Coventry CV4 7HH

 

Direct point of contact:

Prof Imray, Specialist Surgical Services, 3rd Floor

[email protected]

 

Services offered:

  • formal frostbite treatment protocol in place
  • ability to conduct remote, virtual assessments
  • thrombolytics
  • Iloprost
  • hyperbaric oxygen (HBO)
  • specialist surgery
  • wound care nursing support
  • in-patient beds
  • formal perfusion imaging (technetium, angiography, microangiography, SPECT)
  • clinic follow up 

207TH AVIATION, ALASKA ARMY NATIONAL GUARD

JBER Hospital, Anchorage Alaska 99505, USA

 

Direct point of contact:

Titus Rund DO, MPH

[email protected]

 

Services offered:

  • thrombolytics
  • specialist surgery
  • wound care nursing support
  • in-patient beds
  • formal perfusion imaging (technetium, angiography, microangiography, SPECT)
  • clinic follow up 

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ALASKA REGIONAL HOSPITAL

2801 DeBarr Rd Anchorage, AK 99508

 

Direct point of contact:

Dr. Jennifer Dow, MD

[email protected]

 

Services offered:

  • formal frostbite treatment protocol under development
  • ability to conduct remote, virtual assessments
  • thrombolytics
  • specialist surgery
  • wound care nursing support
  • in-patient beds

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HENNEPIN HEALTHCARE

701 Park Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55415, United States

 

Contact:

1-800-424-4262 or 612-873-3000

 

Services offered:

  • formal frostbite treatment protocol in place
  • ability to conduct remote, virtual assessments
  • thrombolytics
  • iloprost
  • specialist surgery
  • in-patient beds
  • formal perfusion imaging (technetium, angiography, microangiography, SPECT)
  • clinic follow up

 

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REGIONS HOSPITAL BURN CENTER

640 Jackson St, St Paul, Minneapolis, MN 55101, United States

 

Contact:

1-800-922-2876 (BURN)

 

Services offered:

  • formal frostbite treatment protocol in place
  • ability to conduct remote, virtual assessments
  • thrombolytics
  • iloprost
  • specialist surgery
  • in-patient beds
  • formal perfusion imaging (technetium, angiography, microangiography, SPECT)
  • clinic follow up

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