wrap with sterile dressing, keep dry, rewarm twice a day affects dermis, epidermis, and fatty tissue, may blister shivering, slurred speech, weak pulse, shallow breathing do not use direct heat to rewarm skin (fires, radiators, etc) 2nd layer absorbs sweat and is windproof if skin is turning hard, white or black, or has lost feeling change clothing out of cold/wet clothes increase hydration/calorie intake rewarm area with warm (not hot) water or breath on it and hold close irritates the skin let area dry, rubbing can cause tissue damage irritates the skin, causing redness, prickling and a cold feeling followed by numbness get out of the cold layer clothing involves all layers of the skin and causes permanent tissue damage. ice crystals form, damaging cells and blood vessels keep entire body covered when going outside in cold avoid rewarming then re-exposing to cold, this can cause worse damage 1st layer allows skin to breathe wind chill put dressing between toes and avoid walking medications that constrict your blood vessels fingers, toes, nose, ears, cheeks and chin hypothermia wrap with sterile dressing, keep dry, rewarm twice a day affects dermis, epidermis, and fatty tissue, may blister shivering, slurred speech, weak pulse, shallow breathing do not use direct heat to rewarm skin (fires, radiators, etc) 2nd layer absorbs sweat and is windproof if skin is turning hard, white or black, or has lost feeling change clothing out of cold/wet clothes increase hydration/calorie intake rewarm area with warm (not hot) water or breath on it and hold close irritates the skin let area dry, rubbing can cause tissue damage irritates the skin, causing redness, prickling and a cold feeling followed by numbness get out of the cold layer clothing involves all layers of the skin and causes permanent tissue damage. ice crystals form, damaging cells and blood vessels keep entire body covered when going outside in cold avoid rewarming then re-exposing to cold, this can cause worse damage 1st layer allows skin to breathe wind chill put dressing between toes and avoid walking medications that constrict your blood vessels fingers, toes, nose, ears, cheeks and chin hypothermia
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wrap with sterile dressing, keep dry, rewarm twice a day
affects dermis, epidermis, and fatty tissue, may blister
shivering, slurred speech, weak pulse, shallow breathing
do not use direct heat to rewarm skin (fires, radiators, etc)
2nd layer absorbs sweat and is windproof
if skin is turning hard, white or black, or has lost feeling
change clothing out of cold/wet clothes
increase hydration/calorie intake
rewarm area with warm (not hot) water or breath on it and hold close
irritates the skin
let area dry, rubbing can cause tissue damage
irritates the skin, causing redness, prickling and a cold feeling followed by numbness
get out of the cold
layer clothing
involves all layers of the skin and causes permanent tissue damage.
ice crystals form, damaging cells and blood vessels
keep entire body covered when going outside in cold
avoid rewarming then re-exposing to cold, this can cause worse damage
1st layer allows skin to breathe
wind chill
put dressing between toes and avoid walking
medications that constrict your blood vessels
fingers, toes, nose, ears, cheeks and chin
hypothermia
