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