Friday, May 24, 2013

Hypothermia


Hypothermia


If your tramping and your partners body temperature   happens  to fall to 35 degrees or under they may have hypothermia. . Follow these simple steps to help them get back to health.  

Cause’s
You may have got this because you drink too much alcohol and get cold or fall in freezing water, or suffer from coldness or heat loss. If you have been in the cold for too long you could get heat loss and your body will get colder and colder and you will  get hypothermia. Also if you drink too much cold alcohol it will take all your heat and flood your immune system and you could get hyporthermia  

Symptoms
How to know that you have Hypothermia is that when they start shivering constantly. Then they might get really tired or low  energy. Their skkn might go  Cold or pale  . They might  could start breathing real fast as well. When you get these symptoms all you need to do is call for help or call a doctor. They should know what to do hopefully.


How to treat.
When you have Hypothermia you need to take of any wet clothes  they have on.  Don't put them right into a hot bath or right next to fire. It’s the wrong thing to do.  You need to put them  around some warm people or put the in a warm room. You need to take the temperature of the person and compare it to this chart.

37.5
Normal body temperature. Feel cold you still might have hypothermia
35
You might have mild Hypothermia. They might seem drunk or shiver.
33
Moderate Hypothermia. Uncontrollable shivering
32
Severe Hypothermia.  Unconscious, cold skin or Skin might be pale or pink.
28
Severe Hypothermia. You victim might be dead, pupils dilated or no breathing.


Thank you for reading this report and I hope I gave you all you need to know about Hypothermia.

1 comment:

  1. Wow,well done Ethin,you and your class are ready for anything that happens at camp,hope you all have a wonderful time.

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