jeffw@lemmy.worldM to News@lemmy.world · 4 months agoPhoenix turns to ice-filled body bags to treat heatstroke as US south-west bakeswww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square19fedilinkarrow-up1112arrow-down10
arrow-up1112arrow-down1external-linkPhoenix turns to ice-filled body bags to treat heatstroke as US south-west bakeswww.theguardian.comjeffw@lemmy.worldM to News@lemmy.world · 4 months agomessage-square19fedilink
minus-squareChihuahuaOfDoom@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·4 months agoIf you don’t have an ice bath handy but you have cold packs, you can place cold packs under a persons arms in the pits, between their legs near the crotch and on their neck.
minus-squarevalkyre09@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·4 months agoDoes this work because it’s cooling down arteries and in turn taking cooler blood around the body? Not sure how human heat sinks work :)
minus-squareChihuahuaOfDoom@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·4 months agoYep, cooling the blood in the major arteries for further circulation. It works opposite as well if you need to warm someone with hypothermia.
minus-squarevalkyre09@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·4 months agoThanks for sharing. I hope to never need it, but you never know :)
If you don’t have an ice bath handy but you have cold packs, you can place cold packs under a persons arms in the pits, between their legs near the crotch and on their neck.
Does this work because it’s cooling down arteries and in turn taking cooler blood around the body? Not sure how human heat sinks work :)
Yep, cooling the blood in the major arteries for further circulation. It works opposite as well if you need to warm someone with hypothermia.
Thanks for sharing. I hope to never need it, but you never know :)