Re: [Paddlewise] Emergency Coverings

From: John Kirk-Anderson <jka_at_netaccess.co.nz>
Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2005 07:00:09 +1300
on 10/2/05 04:20, Joseph Pylka at jpylka_at_earthlink.net wrote:

... must caution about a first aider's truism.  Put a
> hypothermia victim and a warm body within one enclosure and you quickly get
> Two hypothermia victims....

So true. The value of a large bag is it gets the party under shelter when
there may be nothing else available. Dealing with hypothermia is a whole new
ballgame.

JKA


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John Kirk-Anderson
Banks Peninsula
NEW ZEALAND
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