Hypothermia – symptoms, first aid for hypothermia and frostbite

Hypothermia is critical hypothermia, when the body temperature drops to 35 ° C or lower. Severe hypothermia leads to cardiac arrest and death. Hypothermia occurs unnoticed, with a decrease in body temperature of 1-2 degrees, even with movement and physical work. Below we will consider how to detect and help in time.
Symptoms of hypothermia
The main cause of hypothermia is the loss of heat in the cold through the skin and breathing. The protective program – the mechanism of thermoregulation – is activated. The body saves important organs, sacrificing the skin, fingers and toes, the nose – without this, a person can survive.