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Hypothermia |
Cold exposure; Cold Weather Injuries |
Hypothermia is a medical condition in which the victim's core body temperature has dropped to significantly below normal and normal metabolism begins to be impaired. This begins to occur when the core temperature drops below 35 degrees Celsius (95 degrees Fahrenheit). If body temperature falls below 32 °C (90 °F), the condition can become critical and eventually fatal. Body temperatures below 27 °C (80 °F) are almost uniformly fatal, though body temperatures as low a ...
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Resources
- ClinicalTrials.gov: Hypothermia (National Institutes of Health)
- Dangerous Winter Weather: Keep Your Child Out of Harm's Way (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
- El Frío Extremo - Medidas de Prevención (National Center for Environmental Health, CDC, OPHS, HHS)
- Extreme Cold (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- Extreme Cold: A Prevention Guide to Promote Your Personal Health and Safety (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- Frostbite (Nemours Foundation)
- Frostbite (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
- Gangrene (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
- Hypothermia (National Women's Health Information Center)
- Hypothermia (Medline Plus)
- Hypothermia (National Institutes of Health)
- Hypothermia (MayoClinic)
- Hypothermia (Cleveland Clinic)
- Hypothermia (University of Maryland Medical Center)
- Hypothermia-Related Deaths -- Philadelphia, 2001, and United States, 1999 (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- Hypothermia: A Cold Weather Hazard (National Institute on Aging)
- Hypothermia: First Aid (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
- Hypothermia: Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- Is it Hypothermia? Look for the "Umbles" -- Stumbles, Mumbles, Fumbles, and Grumbles (National Institutes of Health)
- National Center for Environmental Health
- National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
- National Institute on Aging
- Outdoor Action Guide to Hypothermia and Cold Weather Injuries (National Ag Safety Database)
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