How To

First Aid for Hypothermia

Signs of Hypothermia

• Feeling cold
• Uncontrolled shivering
• Slurred speech
• Clumsiness or dizziness
• Irritability or irrational behaviour
• Slow or weak pulse

Steps to follow:

1. Monitor the patient's lifeline - Follow DRABC.
2. Seek shelter from wet and cold
3. Protect the patient and yourself from rain, wind, snow, and wet ground
4. Ask patient to lie down and rest
5. Remove wet clothing
6. Provide warmth: place blankets around the patient or lie next to them to transfer body heat.
7. Cover the patient's head to prevent further loss of body heat
8. Give the patient warm drinks, but do NOT give alcohol.