active rewarming

What Is Passive Rewarming? Passive warming includes interventions to promote heat retention (e.g. cotton blankets, reflective blankets). Active warming involves the application of external heat to skin and peripheral tissues (e.g. forced air warming (FAW), underbody conductive heat mat, circulating water mattress, and radiant warmer). What is passive external rewarming? Passive external rewarming — Passive