Activity for Chris Carrâ€
| Type | On... | Excerpt | Status | Date |
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| Edit | Post #41001 | Initial revision | — | over 4 years ago |
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Is it ever safe to let a hypothermic person sleep? My understanding is that with severely hypothermic patients you want to keep them awake if possible. I'd heard moving a hypothermic patient is risky as you dont want to jostle them, some wilderness survival experts say to stay put if you're lost since SAR is likely looking for you. how important is t... (more) |
— | over 11 years ago |
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Can body-to-body rewarming be used as a last resort treatment of hypothermia? All of the arguments I've heard against using this method assume that you have adequate supplies for alternate rewarming methods. If you literally didn't, and it appeared they were going to freeze to death anyway, would you have a whole lot to lose? Of course, if you felt yourself starting to get hyp... (more) |
— | over 11 years ago |