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1.Spinal Cord Injury and Hypothermia
Because of spinal cord injury, the temperature of the body has an increased tendency to fluctuate according to the temperature of the environment.
URL:http://calder.med.miami.edu/pointis/hype.html
2.First Aid: Hypothermia
Hypothermia is a condition that comes about when the body's heat regulating mechanism can't cope with the conditions it's working in.
URL:http://firstaid.eire.org/Firstaid-Text/Hypothermia.htm
3.Yahoo! Health: Hypothermia
Causes, symptoms, and treatment of hypothermia.
URL:http://health.yahoo.com/health/dc/000038/0.html
4.Keep Cold-Weather Gear Ready in Home and Car
Even though most of the US has been visited by a mild season thus far, its inevitable that more typical winter weather will eventually find us. Now would be a good time to prepare our homes and vehicles.
URL:http://healthlink.mcw.edu/article/1009464640.html
5.Staying Safe Outdoors in Winter Weather
Exposure to cold temperatures can cause serious or life-threatening health problems. To stay safe, you should know what to do if a cold-weather health emergency arises.
URL:http://healthlink.mcw.edu/article/1010788326.html
6.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.
URL:http://hypothermia-ca.com/
7.Heat Capacity, Body Temperature, and Hypothermia
Discussion of how water affects the ease with which victims become hypothermic. University of Colorado at Denver, Chemistry Department.
URL:http://jchemed.chem.wisc.edu/Journal/Issues/1998/Jan/abs48.html
8.Balancing hypoxia and hypothermia in cold-submerged frogs
Many animals respond to hypoxic stress by selecting cooler environments, the so-called 'behavioural hypothermia' response.
URL:http://jeb.biologists.org/
9.BBC News: Hypothermia: The facts
News article: Exposure to the cold is estimated to cause 30,000 deaths a year in the UK.
URL:http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/health/medical_notes/newsid_276000/276284.stm
10.BBC News: Cold 'killing 50,000' each winter
News article: Campaigners are calling for action to help prevent 50,000 deaths from cold in the UK each year.
URL:http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/health/newsid_298000/298533.stm
11.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.
URL:http://ourworld.cs.com/nayblaine/coldcamp.htm
12.Chamonix Hospital Cold Injury Page
Research, evaluation, prevention and information in Mountain Medicine and Traumatology. By Mountain Medicine and Traumatology Department of Chamonix Hospital.
URL:http://perso.wanadoo.fr/dmtmcham/dmtm_uk.htm
13.REI: Dealing With Temperature Extremes
Human miscalculations during surges or drops in temperature may leave you vulnerable to weather-related injury or illness. The savvy wilderness traveler needs to know how to react when weather conditions move outside a human's customary comfort zone.
URL:http://rei1.m0.net/m/s.asp?H2665917336X932473
14.Hypothermia and Near Drowning
Outlines of diagnosis, early treatment and management of the diver with hypothermia and near-drowning. From Diving Medicine Online.
URL:http://scuba-doc.com/hypoth.htm
15.Cold Weather Camping Checklists
Checklist and links compiled by Boy Scout Troop 129, Anchorage, Alaska.
URL:http://t129.org/camping_checklists.htm
16.Hypothermia Rescue
Hypothermia protocol by Charlottesvile-Albemarle (Virginia) Rescue Squad.
URL:http://warhammer.mcc.virginia.edu/cars/hypothrm.html
17.Winter Camping Manual
Tips on selecting and using equipment for safe and comfortable winter camping.
URL:http://wnyliving.com/outdoors/winter_camping_manual.htm
18.Hypothermia for the Outdoorsman
Hypothermia information: outdoor enthusiast's number one killer. Covers how and why hypothermia happens and how to treat it.
URL:http://www.adventuresports.com/asap/ski/skihypo.htm
19.Troop 98 Winter Camping Tips
Tips for safe winter camping. Winter camping is a lot of fun, but it presents some subtle dangers. Winter camping, if not prepared, is dangerous even when sleeping.
URL:http://www.bsatroop98.com/wintercamping.htm
20.What You Should Know About Hypothermia
Training outline covers contributing factors, stages of hypothermia, signs and symptoms and emergency care of hypothermia victims.
URL:http://www.camso.org/content/article_jan99_hypo.html
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