> The organisers also recommend a plastic dustbin bag. Exposure is an issue, > some years they have to cancel the race halfway because of wind, rain and > too many hypothermic paddlers. I don't need one while in the boat, but it > can be pretty cold staying for any long time out of the boat. > Some of the orgs involved with wilderness rescue have been recommending something like this for hypothermia. --Specifically black trashbags. Problem with rescue blankets is that the patient has already lost a lot of body heat, so the reflectance will only minimize further loss. The trashbag is more of a black-body radiation absorber, so might return some heat to the victim... JMP *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Wed Oct 29 2003 - 08:20:12 PST
This archive was generated by hypermail 2.4.0 : Thu Aug 21 2025 - 16:31:10 PDT