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 Cold Injuries & Cold Water Near Drowning Guidelines [Recommended] Description: Guidelines developed for use by prehospital, clinic and hospital personnel in dealing with cold injuries. By the State of Alaska. (sarbc.org) |
| SARBC Hypothermia Page [Recommended] Description: Information about Hypothermia, what it is, how it affects you and its treatment. By the Search and Rescue Society of British Columbia. (sarbc.org) |
| Accidental Hypothermia Description: Covers recognition and treatment; discusses incidents not normally expected, such as the elderly in their homes. By National Institute of Health. (nih.gov) |
| Balancing hypoxia and hypothermia in cold-submerged frogs Description: Many animals respond to hypoxic stress by selecting cooler environments, the so-called 'behavioural hypothermia' response. (jeb.biologists.org) |
| BBC News: Cold 'killing 50,000' each winter Description: News article: Campaigners are calling for action to help prevent 50,000 deaths from cold in the UK each year. (news.bbc.co.uk) |
| BBC News: Hypothermia: The facts Description: News article: Exposure to the cold is estimated to cause 30,000 deaths a year in the UK. (news.bbc.co.uk) |
| Chamonix Hospital Cold Injury Page Description: Research, evaluation, prevention and information in Mountain Medicine and Traumatology. By Mountain Medicine and Traumatology Department of Chamonix Hospital. (perso.wanadoo.fr) |
| Cold Weather Camping and First Aid Description: Cold weather comfort and safety. (netwoods.com) |
| Cold Weather Precautions: Preventing Hypothermia Description: Tips for preventing hypothermia. (sema.state.mo.us) |
| eMedicine Health - Frostbite Description: Consumer health resource center providing information on the causes, symptoms, and treatment. (emedicinehealth.com) |
| eMedicine Health - Hypothermia Description: Consumer health resource center providing information on the causes, symptoms, and treatment. (emedicinehealth.com) |
| Frostbite Description: Provides general information, symptoms, and treatment on frostbite. From Survive Outdoors Inc. (surviveoutdoors.com) |
| Georgia Farm Bureau Safety: Hypothermia Description: When you hear about hypothermia, you usually envision someone stranded in a terrible winter storm. However, hypothermia can occur when it's wet, windy and up to 50 or 60 degrees Fahrenheit. This condition is most common in cold weather, but infants and the elderly can develop hypothermia at temperatures greater than 60 degrees Fahrenheit. (gfb.org) |
| H.E.L.P. and Huddle: Cold Water Survival Description: Image illustrates techniques to prolong life in cold water. (islandnet.com) |
| Heat Capacity, Body Temperature, and Hypothermia Description: Discussion of how water affects the ease with which victims become hypothermic. University of Colorado at Denver, Chemistry Department. (jchemed.chem.wisc.edu) |
| Heat Loss: Losing it 5 Ways Description: Image illustrating 5 ways the body loses heat. (islandnet.com) |
| Hypothermia - State of Alaska Description: Cold Injuries and Cold Water Near Drowning Guidelines. Extensive information. (hypothermia.org) |
| Hypothermia and Near Drowning Description: Outlines of diagnosis, early treatment and management of the diver with hypothermia and near-drowning. From Diving Medicine Online. (scuba-doc.com) |
| Hypothermia Prevention, Recognition and Treatment Description: Hypothermia Prevention, Recognition and Treatment. Articles, protocols and research on the life-saving skills of keeping hypothermia victims alive by core rewarming techniques. (hypothermia.org) |
| Hypothermia Rescue Description: Hypothermia protocol by Charlottesvile-Albemarle (Virginia) Rescue Squad. (warhammer.mcc.virginia.edu) |
| Hypothermia Tool Box Description: Presentation outline. Gives warning signs, first aid and prevention for hypothermia. (opsafesite.com) |
| Hypothermia Treatment Technology Web-Site Description: 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-ca.com) |
| Hypothermia: Treatment in the Field/Hospital Description: Image illustrating body temperature vs symptoms and body temperature vs treatment. (islandnet.com) |
| Information on Hypothermia Description: Providing thorough information on hypothermia as well as treatment in the wilderness. Provided by Survive Outdoors Inc. (surviveoutdoors.com) |
| Keep Cold-Weather Gear Ready in Home and Car Description: 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. (healthlink.mcw.edu) |
| MacScouter Winter Camping and Hypothermia Description: Hypothermia information compiled from various sources and authors by Chuck Bramlet. (macscouter.com) |
| Management of Hypothermia Description: Management of hypothermia in a clinical setting. Much of the information is also useful in the field. By John Hickey. (theberries.ns.ca) |
| MFAAA Emergency Preparedness: Hypothermia Description: Effects of cool temperatures on the elderly. Even normal room tmperatures can be serious. (mfaaa.org) |
| Mountain Medicine Description: Links to information on cold and high-altitude injuries. (thebmc.co.uk) |
| NOLS Wilderness First Aid: Cold Injuries Description: An excerpt from the book, "NOLS Wilderness First Aid." Includes the physiology of temperature regulation, prevention and treatment of cold injuries (hypothermia, frostbite, immersion foot). (nols.edu) |
| Ol' Buffalo Cold Weather Camping Description: Essay on camping comfortably in cold weather. Covers recognition and treatment of hypotermia and frostbite. Written by Alaskan who was trained in arctic survival skills by the US Air Force and the Alaska Army National Guard. (three-peaks.net) |
| Outdoor Action Guide to Hypothermia and Cold Weather Injuries Description: Traveling in cold weather conditions can be life threatening. When going into cold conditions it is your responsibility to learn the latest information. By Princeton University. (princeton.edu) |
| Outdoor Action Winter Activities Home Page Description: Guide to outdoor activities in winter: winter camping, Cross-country and Telemark skiing, snowshoeing, and winter first aid. By Princeton University. (princeton.edu) |
| REI Snow Camping Checklist Description: Checklist of essential and nice-to-have winter camping gear. (rei.com) |
| REI: Dealing With Temperature Extremes Description: Human miscalculations during surges or drops in temperature may leave you vulnerable to weather-related injury or illness. The savvy wilderness traveler needs to know how to react when weather conditions move outside a human's customary comfort zone. (rei1.m0.net) |
| RES-Q Products Inc. - Protocols and Publications Description: Index of articles relating to recognition, prevention and treatment of hypothermia. (islandnet.com) |
| Rural Family Medicine Description: Links to useful sites on cold-weather injuries. (ruralfamilymedicine.org) |
| Spinal Cord Injury and Hypothermia Description: Because of spinal cord injury, the temperature of the body has an increased tendency to fluctuate according to the temperature of the environment. (calder.med.miami.edu) |
| Staying Safe Outdoors in Winter Weather Description: Exposure to cold temperatures can cause serious or life-threatening health problems. To stay safe, you should know what to do if a cold-weather health emergency arises. (healthlink.mcw.edu) |
| Troop 98 Winter Camping Tips Description: Tips for safe winter camping. Winter camping is a lot of fun, but it presents some subtle dangers. Winter camping, if not prepared, is dangerous even when sleeping. (bsatroop98.com) |
| Warning Signs of Hypothermia Description: Image illustrating hypothermia symptoms. (islandnet.com) |
| Winter Camping Manual Description: Tips on selecting and using equipment for safe and comfortable winter camping. (wnyliving.com) |
| Yahoo! Health: Hypothermia Description: Causes, symptoms, and treatment of hypothermia. (health.yahoo.com) |
