Covers recognition and treatment; discusses incidents not normally expected, such as the elderly in their homes. By National Institute of Health.

Many animals respond to hypoxic stress by selecting cooler environments, the so-called 'behavioural hypothermia' response.

News article: Campaigners are calling for action to help prevent 50,000 deaths from cold in the UK each year.

News article: Exposure to the cold is estimated to cause 30,000 deaths a year in the UK.

Research, evaluation, prevention and information in Mountain Medicine and Traumatology. By Mountain Medicine and Traumatology Department of Chamonix Hospital.

Guidelines developed for use by prehospital, clinic and hospital personnel in dealing with cold injuries. By the State of Alaska.

Cold weather comfort and safety.

Tips for preventing hypothermia.

Consumer health resource center providing information on the causes, symptoms, and treatment.

Consumer health resource center providing information on the causes, symptoms, and treatment.

Provides general information, symptoms, and treatment on frostbite. From Survive Outdoors Inc.

When you hear about hypothermia, you usually envision someone stranded in a terrible winter storm. However, hypothermia can occur when it's wet, windy and up to 50 or 60 degrees Fahrenheit. This condition is most common in cold weather, but infants and the elderly can develop hypothermia at temperatures greater than 60 degrees Fahrenheit.

Image illustrates techniques to prolong life in cold water.

Discussion of how water affects the ease with which victims become hypothermic. University of Colorado at Denver, Chemistry Department.

Image illustrating 5 ways the body loses heat.

Cold Injuries and Cold Water Near Drowning Guidelines. Extensive information.

Outlines of diagnosis, early treatment and management of the diver with hypothermia and near-drowning. From Diving Medicine Online.

Hypothermia Prevention, Recognition and Treatment. Articles, protocols and research on the life-saving skills of keeping hypothermia victims alive by core rewarming techniques.

Hypothermia protocol by Charlottesvile-Albemarle (Virginia) Rescue Squad.

Presentation outline. Gives warning signs, first aid and prevention for hypothermia.

Hypothermia treatment should start in the field by rewarming victims with equipment supplying warm humidified air or oxygen and warm IV-fluids to minimize core-temperature afterdrop.

Image illustrating body temperature vs symptoms and body temperature vs treatment.

Providing thorough information on hypothermia as well as treatment in the wilderness. Provided by Survive Outdoors Inc.

Even though most of the US has been visited by a mild season thus far, it's inevitable that more typical winter weather will eventually find us. Now would be a good time to prepare our homes and vehicles.

Hypothermia information compiled from various sources and authors by Chuck Bramlet.

Management of hypothermia in a clinical setting. Much of the information is also useful in the field. By John Hickey.

Effects of cool temperatures on the elderly. Even normal room tmperatures can be serious.

Links to information on cold and high-altitude injuries.

An excerpt from the book, "NOLS Wilderness First Aid." Includes the physiology of temperature regulation, prevention and treatment of cold injuries (hypothermia, frostbite, immersion foot).

Essay on camping comfortably in cold weather. Covers recognition and treatment of hypotermia and frostbite. Written by Alaskan who was trained in arctic survival skills by the US Air Force and the Alaska Army National Guard.

Traveling in cold weather conditions can be life threatening. When going into cold conditions it is your responsibility to learn the latest information. By Princeton University.

Guide to outdoor activities in winter: winter camping, Cross-country and Telemark skiing, snowshoeing, and winter first aid. By Princeton University.

Checklist of essential and nice-to-have winter camping gear.

Human miscalculations during surges or drops in temperature may leave you vulnerable to weather-related injury or illness. The savvy wilderness traveler needs to know how to react when weather conditions move outside a human's customary comfort zone.

Index of articles relating to recognition, prevention and treatment of hypothermia.

Links to useful sites on cold-weather injuries.

Information about Hypothermia, what it is, how it affects you and its treatment. By the Search and Rescue Society of British Columbia.

Because of spinal cord injury, the temperature of the body has an increased tendency to fluctuate according to the temperature of the environment.

Exposure to cold temperatures can cause serious or life-threatening health problems. To stay safe, you should know what to do if a cold-weather health emergency arises.

Tips for safe winter camping. Winter camping is a lot of fun, but it presents some subtle dangers. Winter camping, if not prepared, is dangerous even when sleeping.

Image illustrating hypothermia symptoms.

Tips on selecting and using equipment for safe and comfortable winter camping.

Causes, symptoms, and treatment of hypothermia.