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