>An aside point about that incident that touches on hyperthermia, >something far from our minds in many parts of the world right now as >waters have warmed up. I think in this instance you mean HYPOthermia. Yes, still a danger this time of year. But also so is Hyperthermia. Take lots of fluids with you on these especially hot days when you are working hard. Now's the time I take my PUR Hiker along because it's possible for me to drink up all my water. > Despite the water temperature being in the >low 70s, she got quite blue-lipped. Later, it took several hours of >sitting in front of roaring fireplace and wearing tons of fleece for her >to finally warm up. When I lived in Florida and dived in the springs there, water temps were about 72 degrees. If you were immersed more than 20-30 minutes, you were COLD. A lot of EMT and rescue personnel define cold water drowning as those occurring in water temperatures as high as 70degrees also. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Fri Jun 25 1999 - 08:07:21 PDT
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