Discuss the causes, symptoms, and effects of hypothermia
What will be an ideal response?
Hypothermia, a fall in body temperature, occurs when generalized cooling of the body exceeds the ability of the normal heat producing and heat-conserving regulatory mechanisms to match the excessive heat loss. As hypothermia sets in, the rate of all metabolic processes slows because of the declining temperature. Higher cerebral functions are the first affected by body cooling, leading to loss of judgment, apathy, disorientation, and tiredness. As body temperature continues to plummet, depression of the respiratory center occurs, reducing the ventilatory drive so that breathing becomes slow and weak. Cardiac rhythm is disturbed, eventually leading to ventricular fibrillation and death.
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