Timeline for Keeping warm in an emergency
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| Dec 26, 2012 at 5:03 | comment | added | Nisan.H | I was taught in a recent wilderness first aid course that (2) is not as useful as placing the hypothermic person in a sleeping bag with warm water bottles, and continuously feeding them warm fluids and food. This is because (a) the warm person is more useful outside preparing care for the hypothermic, and (b) external heat does not heat up the core very fast anyway--mostly the warm person is just keeping the sleeping bag warm, which a warm bottle can do just as well. The best treatment is warm food and fluids, and moist warm air, combined with insulation from the cold. | |
| Jan 27, 2012 at 22:24 | history | edited | Kevin | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jan 24, 2012 at 20:44 | history | answered | Lagerbaer | CC BY-SA 3.0 |