Re: [Paddlewise] Hypothermia - died in bed.

----- Original Message -----
From: "obrien" <obrien_at_mail.albanyfirefighters.com>
To: "paddlewise" <PaddleWise_at_paddlewise.net>; "Doug Lloyd"
<dalloyd_at_telus.net>
Sent: November 19, 2003 5:12 PM
Subject: Re: [Paddlewise] Hypothermia - died in bed.


He evaluated this man who was alert and oriented and not shivering.  He
decided to help him up the embankment, since he didn't seem too bad.  After
reaching the road, the man suddenly died of cardiac arrest.
>
> The doctor speculated that his core temperature was only moderately low
prior to the climb.  Exercising resulted in a sudden temperature drop when
the cooler blood from the extremities reached the heart.  This man was in
his sixties, I believe.

The man in Doug's story has made it to his condo, not jus climbed up to the
embankment.  Could there still be enogh cooler blood in his extremities?
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