Links to information on cold and high-altitude injuries.
Consumer health resource center providing information on the causes, symptoms, and treatment.
Information about Hypothermia, what it is, how it affects you and its treatment. By the Search and Rescue Society of British Columbia.
Hypothermia treatment should start in the field by rewarming victims with equipment supplying warm humidified air or oxygen and warm IV-fluids to minimize core-temperature afterdrop.
Hypothermia Prevention, Recognition and Treatment. Articles, protocols and research on the life-saving skills of keeping hypothermia victims alive by core rewarming techniques.
Hypothermia information compiled from various sources and authors by Chuck Bramlet.
Guidelines developed for use by prehospital, clinic and hospital personnel in dealing with cold injuries. By the State of Alaska.
Guide to outdoor activities in winter: winter camping, Cross-country and Telemark skiing, snowshoeing, and winter first aid. By Princeton University.
Presentation outline. Gives warning signs, first aid and prevention for hypothermia.
Even though most of the US has been visited by a mild season thus far, it's inevitable that more typical winter weather will eventually find us. Now would be a good time to prepare our homes and vehicles.
Health /
Conditions_and_Diseases /
Wounds_and_Injuries /
Heat_Related
|