Devices, methods and uses for removing heat, energy and fluids from a mammal

A portable device for inducing evaporation of a fluid from a bodily fluid-containing space in a mammal, the device comprising, in an integrated unit:

• an air inlet,
• an inlet sensor configured to measure air temperature or pressure or both;
• a desiccant chamber configured to receive a removable and replaceable desiccant element;
• an air outlet configured to connect to an air delivery tube;
• a blower configured to draw a first flow of ambient air into the device via the air inlet and force said first flow of ambient air in a first flowpath across said desiccant chamber and out said air outlet;
• a heat exchanger located in said first flowpath downstream of said desiccant chamber, said heat exchanger comprising a fan configured to draw a second flow of ambient air into a heat exchanger cooling air inlet to accept heat from said first flow of ambient air without contacting said first flow of ambient air and exit said device via a heat exchanger cooling air outlet;
• an atomizer or nebulizer configured to administer water to said bodily-fluid containing space, and
• an outlet sensor configured to measure air temperature or pressure or both;
• said air inlet, blower, desiccant chamber, and air outlet arranged in series along an air flow path.