Hypothermia

Hypothermia!!!!! Intro Hypothermia is a thing that makes you so cold that you could freeze and die. How? Hyperthymia happens when when your temperature is way below normal causing the blood to slow your body and your nerves down. Your body temperature is normally 37 Degrees celsius. If you have dropped down to 35 degrees celsius or below you are hyperthermic. This can happen when someone falls through the ice into some cold icy water . Your body starts to lose heat faster than it can produce it. what causes hypothermia? wind-will pull out the heat Who’s most at risk? Old people (above 65) People that aren't moving for long periods of time Drugs such as alcohol people tramping in the bush How to tell ? Early signs are that if they are shivering and they can not stop The skin slowly becomes blue and puffy slightly slurred speech Where? Iceberg Tall cold mountain In town when snowing Ice cave bush What happens? When hypothermia begins a person starts shivering and can't stop.The person cannot do complicated things with his or her hands like pretending to play the piano on the tree. The person might feel sick and very tired wanting to go to sleep anywhere. Sometimes a person will feel suddenly warm as if they are getting better but this means they are getting worse. They are also can not touch their thumb with their little finger, because their muscles stop working. They might not be able to see things clearly. How to stop hypothermia ? call a helicopter if you are in the bush Replace wet clothes with dry clothes if you have lots of layers of clothes on give them some of your clothes but not all because then you might get hypothermia Please try not to get hypothermia so we do not lose peoples lives. so wear nice dry clothes. thank you