Has anyone ever had hypothermia?
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poptosis said:
I am doing a kayak rescue course in a tidal race on Saturday and the sea is going to be the coldest it will be all year (although it will only be in the channel). Just wondered if anyone has had hypothermia and how long it took to recover.
No, but it looks like your getting the shivers as it's enduced double posting...
Would have thought prevention would be better than recovery... is your steamer/dry suit rated appropriately for the sea temperatures you're expecting?
{edited to add:} I've been part way to hypothermia while hill walking in terrible conditions in the days before I could afford gore-tex. Seem to recall bascially feeling completly detached from the job in hand. Luckily somebody noticed and got me sheltered & warmed up before anything worse happened.
>> Edited by pdV6 on Thursday 3rd March 10:32
{edited to add:} I've been part way to hypothermia while hill walking in terrible conditions in the days before I could afford gore-tex. Seem to recall bascially feeling completly detached from the job in hand. Luckily somebody noticed and got me sheltered & warmed up before anything worse happened.
>> Edited by pdV6 on Thursday 3rd March 10:32
have had hyperthermia, as a kid at school but not hypo, managed by cycling as hard as i could (probably late) wearing full water proofs not breathable ones, on a rainy day in the middle of summer, managed to raise my core temperature to fairly serious levels.
Arrival at school collapsed getting off bike straight into first aid and ambulance called interesting morning in A&E and i took things a bit easier on my cycle in after that.
Arrival at school collapsed getting off bike straight into first aid and ambulance called interesting morning in A&E and i took things a bit easier on my cycle in after that.
munter said:
I've got to the uncontrolable shivering, and circulation to fingers and toes shut off. White fingers are no use at all for doing anything with......
1/2 hour in a walm dry enviroment and I was fine. The important part is to tell someone when you start shivering/your fingers go white
Been there done that - was forced to play hockey at school in shorts and t-shirt in icy driving rain in December.
1 hour later, went back inside, sat down, shivered uncontrollably, then hot flush and dizzyness. Passed after < 1 hour, but not pleasant.
Anyone else remember that old information-ad on TV years back? "This man has hypothermia!!!" Must have been in the late 70's or early 80's.
Shows how useful those things were that it still sticks in my mind. And to think my old dad used to say TV rots the brain
Fortunately nobody in my family ever suffered from hypothermia so I never got the chance to show off my knowledge of it's treatment...
Shows how useful those things were that it still sticks in my mind. And to think my old dad used to say TV rots the brain
Fortunately nobody in my family ever suffered from hypothermia so I never got the chance to show off my knowledge of it's treatment...Feeling detatched just about sums it up. You start by feeling cold and miserable, but somehow the miserableness slips away. If you are suffering from hypothermia, you are very unlikely to do anything about it, you are largely reliant on people around you.
Yes, that is from personal experience. Both of having it, and (much more common) of seeing other people around me have it.
Oli.
Yes, that is from personal experience. Both of having it, and (much more common) of seeing other people around me have it.
Oli.
poptosis said:
I am doing a kayak rescue course in a tidal race on Saturday and the sea is going to be the coldest it will be all year (although it will only be in the channel). Just wondered if anyone has had hypothermia and how long it took to recover.
I have been surfing within the last week in a 3/2 summer wetsuit, only a rash vest underneath, I didn't get hypothermia or have any problems but it was miserable with snow and hail hitting me in the face. Also it was much colder when I got out of the water and the wind hit me.
zcacogp said:
Feeling detatched just about sums it up. You start by feeling cold and miserable, but somehow the miserableness slips away. If you are suffering from hypothermia, you are very unlikely to do anything about it, you are largely reliant on people around you.
Thats sums it up, me and a mate were shooting prone rifle outdoors in February one year, it began to hail and snow but we kept on. Initially it was awful with the hail hitting you but after a while we forgot about the cold and wet and carried on. We only had the first inkling that something was wrong when we couldn't count to 5 to see how many rounds of ammunition we had left. In the end my mate's mum who is a nurse spotted what was going on and brought us in for soup and pot noodles to defrost us.
www.hypothermia.org/
www.hypothermia.org/inwater.htm
www.boatwashington.org/hypothermia.htm
Have a read & be very careful. Hypothermia can set in when you least expect it, due to the bodies core temperature falling crytically low.
Nasty thing & it can be a killer.
www.hypothermia.org/inwater.htm
www.boatwashington.org/hypothermia.htm
Have a read & be very careful. Hypothermia can set in when you least expect it, due to the bodies core temperature falling crytically low.
Nasty thing & it can be a killer.
i rode my bike home from work once(30miles)in sub zero temps after 5 miles my hands and feet were so cold i was in alot of pain.by the time i gort to the a1 i was shivering uncontrolably,still only another 20 miles to go.as i got to my junction i realised i felt completely detatched from my body and couldn't remember how i got on the motorway at all.as i went to brake and knock it down a few cogs i nearly passed out with pain and braked way to hard for the roundabout nearly locking the front up.
it took all i could muster to make the last 3 miles home.i stopped outside my house and all i could do was bang my crash helmet on the doorto et my wife to open the door.by now i was nearly passing out,my wife had to take all my riding gear off as i couldn't even move my fingers.it is one of the few times i have cried with pain.took me over 2 hours to warm up and i felt like $hit for 2 days.
my boss got it mildly last week.one minute he said he was ok next got the shivers/dizzy/detatched but kept sayin he was ok and we'll still get the job finnished.I DON'T THINK SO.had to get him outta the wind and rain and get the wet layer of clothing off and repace it with dry.was ok after 30 mins but he then realized we wouldn't finnish that day but didn't care
it took all i could muster to make the last 3 miles home.i stopped outside my house and all i could do was bang my crash helmet on the doorto et my wife to open the door.by now i was nearly passing out,my wife had to take all my riding gear off as i couldn't even move my fingers.it is one of the few times i have cried with pain.took me over 2 hours to warm up and i felt like $hit for 2 days.
my boss got it mildly last week.one minute he said he was ok next got the shivers/dizzy/detatched but kept sayin he was ok and we'll still get the job finnished.I DON'T THINK SO.had to get him outta the wind and rain and get the wet layer of clothing off and repace it with dry.was ok after 30 mins but he then realized we wouldn't finnish that day but didn't care
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