Following a game in January when the temperature dropped below zero, a Missouri hospital reported that the majority of the amputations included fingers and toes.
According to the hospital that cared for them, some Kansas City Chiefs fans who attended a playoff game on a chilly January day in Missouri ended up with frostbite that necessitated amputations.
Research Medical Center in Kansas City, the hospital, stated in a statement on Saturday that twelve patients, including some football fans who were at Arrowhead Stadium on January 13, had to have amputations, most of which included fingers and toes.
During an 11-day cold wave, the clinic said that it treated hundreds of patients who had frostbite. Not every patient who underwent amputations went to the Chiefs game. The hospital claimed that several of the workers were those who did outside labor in bitter temperatures.
It was unknown how many spectators at the event actually had their limbs amputated. There was some overlap between the fans and those who had also worked outside, according to the hospital.
The hospital also mentioned that many of the patients it treated for frostbite were unable to pinpoint the exact moment of their injuries, when their pain, numbness, and other symptoms started. Frostbite symptoms can also develop gradually.
Since the burn center’s opening eleven years ago, the hospital reported that the number of patients with frostbite was record-breaking.
Beginning on January 6, the National Weather Service issued a warning about dangerous temperatures due to Arctic air leaking onto the Plains.
“As patients’ injuries progress, our skilled medical staff and physicians will continue to treat and monitor patients’ healing to address long-term needs. We anticipate additional surgical procedures over the next two to four weeks,” the hospital stated.
It was roughly minus 4 degrees outside with a windchill of minus 26 degrees at the start of the Kansas City Chiefs vs. Miami Dolphins game.
