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What is cold weather?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Normally minus degrees or al lot of wind and rain.<\/p>\n

How start freezing first?<\/strong><\/p>\n

1\u00a0 Woman –> Less fat and lower blood circulation<\/p>\n

2\u00a0 Young kids –> Less fat, Less muscles, they do not think about it<\/p>\n

3 Old people –> lower blood circulation<\/p>\n

4\u00a0 People who are not used to be outside<\/p>\n

5\u00a0 People from warmer regions<\/p>\n

6 People with worse closes<\/p>\n

7\u00a0 People who feel a bit ill<\/p>\n

8 Smoker and Drinker<\/p>\n

How to avoid getting cold?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u25aa\u00a0\u00a0 Everybody has to look after himself!<\/p>\n

\u25aa\u00a0\u00a0 Enough food<\/p>\n

\u25aa\u00a0\u00a0 Enough to drink–> 2-3l if you move a lot more<\/p>\n

\u25aa\u00a0\u00a0 Avoid to sweat –> over-active<\/p>\n

\u25aa\u00a0\u00a0 Do not stand to long still –> under-active<\/p>\n

Good Clothes:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Frist layer: Wool –> keeps you warm<\/p>\n

Second layer: A warm Pullover<\/p>\n

Third layer: Wind and water proof clothes<\/p>\n

Hat–> You loses more then 70 per cent of your total body heat over your heat!<\/p>\n

Scarf; Gloves … \u00a0–> everywhere the veins runs next to the skin you lose a lot of heat<\/p>\n

What keeps the body warm?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Blood; Movement; shiver<\/p>\n

Where do we feel cold first?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Fingers and toes<\/p>\n

How long can somebody survive in the cold water?<\/strong><\/p>\n

5-10 min –> afterwards you are not able to do anything anymore<\/p>\n

Diseases:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u25aa\u00a0\u00a0 Hypothermia<\/strong> –> under 35 degrees Body heat<\/p>\n

Symptoms:<\/p>\n

Lethargies; shiver but the person do not feel cold anymore; get slowly; loses the ability to speak in clear sentences; loses coordination; Blue lips<\/p>\n

What to do:<\/p>\n

\u25aa\u00a0\u00a0 Undress wet clothes and pit dry and warm ones on<\/p>\n

\u25aa\u00a0\u00a0 Person has to eat something warm with a lot of sugar –> melted chocolate<\/p>\n

\u25aa\u00a0\u00a0 Bring the person directly into a warm environment –> in a emergence a tent or a bivouac<\/p>\n

\u25aa\u00a0\u00a0 Skin in skin with a person who has enough energy<\/p>\n

\u25aa\u00a0\u00a0 The person has to rest at least 1 day<\/p>\n

\u25aa\u00a0\u00a0 Frostbites <\/strong>–> the part of the body do not gets enough blood anymore –> die off<\/p>\n

Symptoms:<\/p>\n

Either white spots that do not get red after touching or red blisters<\/p>\n

What to do:<\/p>\n

\u25aa\u00a0\u00a0 Keep the part of the body warm and dry<\/p>\n

\u25aa\u00a0\u00a0 Do not open the blisters cover them or bandage them<\/p>\n

\u25aa\u00a0\u00a0 Rub the part of the body warm and cover it afterwards<\/p>\n

\u25aa\u00a0\u00a0 Sunburn<\/strong> –> Snow reflects the Sun –> use sun cream before you start a trip and during the trip<\/p>\n

\u25aa\u00a0\u00a0 Snow- blindness <\/strong>–> to much UV-radiation<\/p>\n

Symptoms:<\/p>\n

\u25aa\u00a0\u00a0 Red eyes<\/p>\n

\u25aa\u00a0\u00a0 Pain<\/p>\n

What to do:<\/p>\n

Anvil the sun; cover the eyes –> sunglasses<\/p>\n

Need 2-3 days to recover<\/p>\n

\u25aa\u00a0\u00a0 Dehydration<\/strong> –> person did not drunk enough<\/p>\n

Symptoms:<\/p>\n

\u25aa\u00a0\u00a0 Dark, yellow Urine<\/p>\n

\u25aa\u00a0\u00a0 Headache<\/p>\n

\u25aa\u00a0\u00a0 Thirsty<\/p>\n

\u25aa\u00a0\u00a0 Person has problems to see clearly<\/p>\n

\u25aa\u00a0\u00a0 Person to not feel hungry<\/p>\n

\u25aa\u00a0\u00a0 Stomach ache<\/p>\n

What to do:<\/p>\n

Person has to drink something slowing over a long period<\/p>\n

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