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Winston Churchill

Hypothermia & Frostbite Prevention

This one will be fairly long -- we hammered it regularly at St. John's School. So I've got to find my files and adapt.

Meanwhile: Mountaineering Medicine, a book at your local library, and the pamphlet from the Mazama society on hypothermia will give you a good start.

Generally I've found it most effective to teach it at two levels: a prevention level for participants and a response level for anyone in a position of responsibiltiy. Serious hypothermia is very difficult to treat in the field. It's critical to nip this in the bud. Part of the fuction of this course is to drive home that prevention is a lot easier, safer and faster.

Both courses also cover frost bite.

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