With medical treatment
Hypothermia is an emergency and should be treated by a doctor.
With medical treatment
about 100
Death, if not treated.
Wrap the victim with blankets. Warming blankets
Patients in whom hypothermia is suspected should be immediately warmed by gently removing wet clothing and providing dry clothing, blankets and shelter.
put warm clothes on
A patient who fell through the ice was treated for hypothermia because they had a dangerously low body temperature. Hypothermia sets in once the body temperature falls below 95 degrees.
The greatest danger for a person with hypothermia, unless treated in time, is death.
Hypothermia is primarily an urban phenomenon associated with alcoholism, drug addiction, mental illness, and cold--water immersion accidents. The victims are often homeless male alcoholics.
Burn victims usually require treatment at a burn center