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    Hypothermia First Aid Chart

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    This document provides first aid guidelines for treating hypothermia at different stages of severity. It defines normal body temperature as 99.6°F/37.6°C and outlines treatment for mild (97°F/36°C), moderate (93°F/34°C), severe (90°F/32°C), and critical (82°F/28°C) hypothermia cases, focusing on preventing further heat loss, allowing natural rewarming, and applying external heat sources. It warns that rapid rewarming can be fatal and that full recovery may take many hours even after apparent symptoms subside.

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    Hypothermia First Aid Chart

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    This document provides first aid guidelines for treating hypothermia at different stages of severity. It defines normal body temperature as 99.6°F/37.6°C and outlines treatment for mild (97°F/36°C), moderate (93°F/34°C), severe (90°F/32°C), and critical (82°F/28°C) hypothermia cases, focusing on preventing further heat loss, allowing natural rewarming, and applying external heat sources. It warns that rapid rewarming can be fatal and that full recovery may take many hours even after apparent symptoms subside.

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    This document provides first aid guidelines for treating hypothermia at different stages of severity. It defines normal body temperature as 99.6°F/37.6°C and outlines treatment for mild (97°F/36°C), moderate (93°F/34°C), severe (90°F/32°C), and critical (82°F/28°C) hypothermia cases, focusing on preventing further heat loss, allowing natural rewarming, and applying external heat sources. It warns that rapid rewarming can be fatal and that full recovery may take many hours even after apparent symptoms subside.

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    Hypothermia First Aid Chart

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    Zoki Zokiv
    This document provides first aid guidelines for treating hypothermia at different stages of severity. It defines normal body temperature as 99.6°F/37.6°C and outlines treatment for mild (97°F/36°C), moderate (93°F/34°C), severe (90°F/32°C), and critical (82°F/28°C) hypothermia cases, focusing on preventing further heat loss, allowing natural rewarming, and applying external heat sources. It warns that rapid rewarming can be fatal and that full recovery may take many hours even after apparent symptoms subside.

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    HYPOTHERMIA FIRST AID

    F° C°
    ALL CASES 99.6° 37.6°
     Move victim to dry shelter and warmth
    NORMAL
     Handle gently
     Remove wet clothes – cut off if necessary
     Apply mild heat (comfortable to your skin) to head, neck, chest and groin
    – use hot water bottles, warm moist towels
     Cover with blankets or sleeping bag; insulate from cold – including head
    and neck
    97° 36°
    MILD CASES
    MILD
     Primary task is to prevent further heat loss and allow body to rewarm itself
     Give warm, sweet drinks – no alcohol CONDITION
     Apply mild heat source to stabilize temperature
     Exercise to generate heat
     Hot shower to point of perspiring
     Keep victim warm for several hours
    93° 34°
    MODERATE CASES
     Same as above
    MODERATE
     Offer sips of warm liquids only if the victim is fully conscious and able to CONDITION
    swallow without difficulty – no alcohol
     Have victim checked by a doctor

    SEVERE CASES 90° 32°


     Obtain medical advice as soon as possible using your radio SEVERE
     Assist victim, but avoid jarring him – rough handling may cause cardiac CONDITION
    arrest or ventricular fibrillation of the heart
     No food or drink
     Observe for vomiting and be prepared to clear airway
     Ignore pleas of ‘Leave me alone, I’m O.K.’ Victim is in serious trouble
    – keep continuous watch over victim
     Lay victim down in bunk, wedge in place, elevate feet, keep immobile; no
    exercise
     Apply external mild heat to head, neck, chest and groin – keep temperature
    from dropping, but avoid a too rapid temperature rise
     Transport soon, gently, to a hospital
    82° 28°
    CRITICAL CASES
    CRITICAL
     Always assume patient is revivable – don’t give up – pulse very difficult to
    feel CONDITION
     Handle with extreme care
     Tilt the head back to open the airway – look, listen and feel for breathing
    and pulse for one to two full minutes
     If there is any breathing or pulse, no matter how faint or slow, do not give
    CPR, but keep a close watch on vital sign changes
     Stabilize temperature with available heat sources, such as naked chest-to-back
    warming by other crew member (leave legs alone)
     If no breathing or no pulse for one to two full minutes, begin CPR immediately
     Medical help imperative – hospitalization needed

    WARNING
     First aid for severe and critical hypothermia is to add heat to stabilize
    temperature only. Rapid rewarming, such as a hot shower or bath, may be
    fatal; it will, at least, cause complications. Allow body to rewarm itself slowly.
     Body core temperature lags behind skin temperature during rewarming.
    Keep victim protected for extended period after apparent full recovery or
    medical help arrives. Many hours are required for return to normal temperature.
     Always assume hypothermia is present in all man-overboard situations in
    which the victim has been exposed for more than 10-15 minutes.
     Victims may also be suffering from near drowning, thus needing oxygen.
    Observe for vomiting.
     In a helicopter rescue, protect victim – including the head – from rotor
    blast wind chill.
    Body temperature (taken rectally)

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