This is the new Hypothermia Prevention and Management Kit with a Ready-Heat Blanket and a Heat Shell. The HRS will help to retain the heat produced by the Ready-Heat blanket. It has an NEW HPMK incorporated hood and Velcro closures down each side to allow exposure of an arm or a leg. Such exposure allows the medic to attend to IVs and tourniquets. Hypothermia Prevention Key Point: Even a small decrease in body Here we’re not talking hypothermia in the usual sense, which is temperature can interfere with blood clotting dying from cold exposure. and increase the risk of bleeding to death. Here we are talking about keeping your blood clotting system Casualties in shock are unable to generate body heat working! effectively. Hypothermia is a problem for casualties with hemorrhagic even Wet clothes and helicopter evacuations increase with warm ambient temperatures. body heat loss. Prevention of hypothermia is the key; once established it is difficult to Remove wet clothes and cover casualty with reverse. hypothermia prevention gear. Hypothermia is much easier to prevent than to treat!
NEW HPMK This is the new Hypothermia Prevention and Management Kit with a Ready-Heat Blanket and a Heat Shell. The HRS will help to retain the heat produced by the Ready-Heat blanket. It has an incorporated hood and Velcro closures down each side to allow exposure of an arm or a leg. Such exposure allows the medic to attend to IVs and tourniquets. Hypothermia Prevention Key Point: Even a small decrease in body temperature can interfere with blood clotting and increase the risk of bleeding to death. Casualties in shock are unable to generate body heat effectively. Wet clothes and helicopter evacuations increase body heat loss. Remove wet clothes and cover casualty with hypothermia prevention gear. Hypothermia is much easier to prevent than to treat! Here we’re not talking hypothermia in the usual sense, which is dying from cold exposure. Here we are talking about keeping your blood clotting system working! Hypothermia is a problem for casualties with hemorrhagic even with warm ambient temperatures. Prevention of hypothermia is the key; once established it is difficult to reverse.
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