Contents:
- Medical Video: What Hypothermia Does To Your Body And Brain
- How do you deal with hypothermia in cold weather?
- 1. First aid
- 2. Medical care
Medical Video: What Hypothermia Does To Your Body And Brain
Normal body temperature should be around 37 degrees Celsius. When your body temperature drops far below what you should, you could say you are experiencing hypothermia. Can not be considered mild, hypothermia must be addressed as quickly as possible to prevent the increasing temperature of the body heat lost. Here's how to deal with hypothermia that can be done.
How do you deal with hypothermia in cold weather?
Hypothermia can occur anywhere, especially in cold places such as mountains and snowy areas. If not immediately given the right treatment, hypothermia can quickly attack the function of the heart, lungs, and other organs of the body until finally fatal.
Now, to prevent hypothermia from getting worse, you can give help in the following ways:
1. First aid
Regardless of what causes underlying hypothermia, giving first aid is important before the patient gets medical help.
- Transfer to another place that is warmer and drier. If this is not possible, you should protect people who experience hypothermia from exposure to worse winds and cold temperatures.
- Remove all wet clothes that may be worn by the sufferer.
- Give warmth by covering the person's entire body using thick blankets, thick layers of clothing, sleeping bags, or anything that can warm. Don't forget to lay their bodies on a thick blanket or other base that can give warmth.
- Can use warm compresses, but avoid applying them to the arms and legs. This way of dealing with hypothermia will actually make the body's core temperature decrease. Instead, apply warm compresses to the neck area or thigh fold where there are major arteries.
- Do not give hot material directly to the skin, such as hot water or heat lamps without going through an intermediary. Apart from damaging the skin, high temperatures can disrupt the heartbeat.
- If hypothermia sufferers are conscious, warm drinks can be given.
- Always monitor his breathing and heart rate.
2. Medical care
Medical methods to treat hypothermia are generally intended to restore body temperature as before.
- Apply the CPR (cardiac resuscitation) technique when breathing suddenly stops.
- Simple external warmth. By giving additional warm clothing or removing the patient's clothes, then replace it with other clothes that are warmer.
- Active external warmth. By using a heater, for example warm bottles and masks that have warm air, so that body temperature can rise again.
- Internal warmth. By giving intravenous fluids (infusions) into the body, including the chest and abdomen, to help provide a warm feeling to the body.
