Hypothermia: Treatment in the Field/Hospital
Image illustrating body temperature vs symptoms and body temperature vs treatment.
Hypothermia Treatment Technology Web-Site
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.
Information on Hypothermia
Providing thorough information on hypothermia as well as treatment in the wilderness. Provided by Survive Outdoors Inc.
Keep Cold-Weather Gear Ready in Home and Car
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.
MacScouter Winter Camping and Hypothermia
Hypothermia information compiled from various sources and authors by Chuck Bramlet.
Management of Hypothermia
Management of hypothermia in a clinical setting. Much of the information is also useful in the field. By John Hickey.
Mountain Medicine
Links to information on cold and high-altitude injuries.
NOLS Wilderness First Aid: Cold Injuries
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).
Ol' Buffalo Cold Weather Camping
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.
Outdoor Action Guide to Hypothermia and Cold Weather Injuries
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.
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