Hypothermia Stories
- Drowning is a scary way to die, but you can’t even scream for help.
- Having hypothermia looks a lot like being drunk, but your body is too cold to function. Symptoms you need to know this winter.
- Being buried alive is a popular theme of nightmares and horror movies, but it seems pretty difficult to confuse a live person for a dead one. Or is it?
- If you are one of those oft-maligned people who are always cold, you are not alone. And you may or may not have one of these medical conditions.
- This is exactly why you should bundle up in the winter.
- When you're exposed to sub-zero temperatures for 12 hours like Justin Smith was, chances are you're dead.
- Extreme cold is no friend to us, but what's the limit of what we can take?
- When core body temperature is below 82.4 degrees Fahrenheit, CPR can be delayed or interrupted for brief intervals without jeopardizing a patient's survival or brain function.
- A new study tried to test whether antifreeze proteins found in certain reptiles and insects could help us stay warm during the cold months, too.
- A new NASA study introduces the idea of putting astronauts into torpor when sending them on a lengthy trip to Mars.
- Hypothermia involves your body temperature decreasing to dangerous lows, so it’s important to be mentally prepared in case you’re in a life or death situation.
- Adam Cohen, 55, who helped rescue a puppy from San Francisco Bay, says it looked like the lost dog “was trying to swim to Angel Island."