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From: dbb@aicchi.UUCP (Burch)
Newsgroups: net.misc
Subject: Re: Hypothermia
Message-ID: <703@aicchi.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 1-Mar-86 18:09:44 EST
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Posted: Sat Mar  1 18:09:44 1986
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References: <1292@decwrl.DEC.COM>
Reply-To: dbb@aicchi.UUCP (Burch)
Organization: Analysts International Corp; Chicago Branch
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Summary: 

In article <1292@decwrl.DEC.COM> mahoney@bach.DEC writes:
>..............................  It says it can occur in water less then 
>70 degrees.  That seems a little high to me I think it should be more
>around less then 50 degrees...........................................


Well, the temperature of 70 degrees (F.) was determined experimentally.
In water of that temperature, heat is conducted away from the body at
a faster rate than it is produced. As soon as your temp. gets down to
91 degrees, the body shuts down, and the decline to coma and death is
rapid.  The body will last for several (up to 10) hours in 70 degree
water, and it declines exponentially until you die in 10 minutes in 33
degree water...


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-David B. (Ben) Burch
 Analyst's International Corp.
 Chicago Branch (ihnp4!aicchi!dbb)

"Argue for your limitations, and they are yours"