Guidance

Heat illness and cold injury: prevention and management (JSP 539)

JSP 539 policy for the prevention of heat illness and cold injury in the UK armed forces and on the initial medical management of casualties.

Documents

JSP 539: heat illness and cold injury: prevention and management directive and guidance (version 3.3 February 2021)

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Details

Joint Service Publication 539 is the policy for the prevention of climatic injuries (heat illness and cold injury) in the armed forces for activities including training, exercises and operations.

It also contains guidance on the initial medical management and treatment of climatic casualties.

JSP 539 only contains Treatment policy. JSP 375 Chapter 41 and Chapter 42 covers guidance on heat illness and cold injury prevention.

Published 26 September 2013
Last updated 12 February 2021 + show all updates
  1. JSP 539 version 3.3 published with an accessible version.

  2. Updated JSP 539 part 2 with version 3.2 for November 2020.

  3. Updated JSP 539: heat illness and cold injury: prevention and management, part 1 and 2 guidance to version 3.1 for April 2019.

  4. Updated following title change and updated policy within part 1 and 2.

  5. Added version 2.5

  6. Added new version of JSP 539 (v2.4).

  7. First published.