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    Hypothermia, A Simple Guide To The Condition, Treatment And Related Conditions
    Hypothermia, A Simple Guide To The Condition, Treatment And Related Conditions
    Hypothermia, A Simple Guide To The Condition, Treatment And Related Conditions
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    Hypothermia, A Simple Guide To The Condition, Treatment And Related Conditions

    By Kenneth Kee

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    How nice it is to play in the snow
    To enjoy the ice and the cold
    Hypothermia occurs when more body heat is lost
    It occurs when the body is bitten by Jack Frost

    Do not stay outside without protective clothing in winter
    Do not wear wet clothing in windy or cold weather
    Always keep warm and wear winter clothing
    If needed use your body heat to aid the warming

    Cover the person's head and neck to help retain body heat
    Apply warm compresses to the neck and where needed
    Give warm, sweetened, nonalcoholic fluids to aid the warming.
    Wind-proofed the person with many-layered clothing

    Patients with mild hypothermia can be sent home after rewarming
    Those in more critical conditions should be sent to hospital for resuscitating
    Stay calm, find shelter, change to dry clothes, keep moving
    The body once warm will do its own miraculous healing

    -An original poem by Kenneth Kee

    1. If any symptoms of hypothermia are present, especially confusion or changes in mental status, immediately call ambulance.

    a. If the person is unconscious, check airway, breathing, and circulation.
    b. If necessary, begin rescue breathing or CPR.
    c. If the victim is breathing fewer than 6 breaths per minute, begin rescue breathing.
    d. Take the person inside to room temperature and cover him or her with warm blankets.
    e. If going indoors is not possible, get the person out of the wind and use a blanket to provide insulation from the cold ground.
    f. Cover the person's head and neck to help retain body heat.
    g. Once inside, remove any wet or constricting clothes and replace them with dry clothing.
    h. Warm the person.
    i. If necessary, use your own body heat to aid the warming.
    j. Apply warm compresses to the neck, chest wall and groin.
    k. If the person is alert and can easily swallow, give warm, sweetened, nonalcoholic fluids to aid the warming.

    Hypothermia

    Every now and then we hear news of a person who has nearly froze to death after falling in a snow bank.

    He or she made a miraculous recovery after passing out and the body temperature dropped to 78 degrees.

    Hypothermia causes tissues to freeze and ice crystals to form many time the size of the individual cells but only in the extracellular spaces.

    Large ice crystals can develop between the cells in soft tissues without producing irreversible injury as long as the percentage of water frozen do not exceed a certain amount.

    Because of this phenomenon, there is extensive use of low temperature as a way to do:

    1. Cryosurgery

    Advantages are safety and hemostasis (stoppage of bleeding)

    2. Hypothermia with hyper-barbaric oxygen is used in harvesting, preserving and transplanting organs and stem cells into human bodies.

    Hypothermia is injury by cold with possible damage to the skin, blood vessels, nerves and generalized decreased body temperatures

    Hypothermia is dangerously low body temperature below 95 °F (35 °C).

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherKenneth Kee
    Release dateJun 4, 2015
    ISBN9781311984449
    Hypothermia, A Simple Guide To The Condition, Treatment And Related Conditions
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    Kenneth Kee

    Medical doctor since 1972.Started Kee Clinic in 1974 at 15 Holland Dr #03-102, relocated to 36 Holland Dr #01-10 in 2009.Did my M.Sc (Health Management ) in 1991 and Ph.D (Healthcare Administration) in 1993.Dr Kenneth Kee is still working as a family doctor at the age of 74However he has reduced his consultation hours to 3 hours in the morning and 2 hours inthe afternoon.He first started writing free blogs on medical disorders seen in the clinic in 2007 on http://kennethkee.blogspot.com.His purpose in writing these simple guides was for the health education of his patients which is also his dissertation for his Ph.D (Healthcare Administration). He then wrote an autobiography account of his journey as a medical student to family doctor on his other blog http://afamilydoctorstale.blogspot.comThis autobiography account “A Family Doctor’s Tale” was combined with his early “A Simple Guide to Medical Disorders” into a new Wordpress Blog “A Family Doctor’s Tale” on http://ken-med.com.From which many free articles from the blog was taken and put together into 1000 eBooks.He apologized for typos and spelling mistakes in his earlier books.He will endeavor to improve the writing in futures.Some people have complained that the simple guides are too simple.For their information they are made simple in order to educate the patients.The later books go into more details of medical disorders.He has published 1000 eBooks on various subjects on health, 1 autobiography of his medical journey, another on the autobiography of a Cancer survivor, 2 children stories and one how to study for his nephew and grand-daughter.The purpose of these simple guides is to educate patient on health disorders and not meant as textbooks.He does not do any night duty since 2000 ever since Dr Tan had his second stroke.His clinic is now relocated to the Buona Vista Community Centre.The 2 units of his original clinic are being demolished to make way for a new Shopping Mall.He is now doing some blogging and internet surfing (bulletin boards since the 1980's) startingwith the Apple computer and going to PC.The entire PC is upgraded by himself from XT to the present Pentium duo core.The present Intel i7 CPU is out of reach at the moment because the CPU is still expensive.He is also into DIY changing his own toilet cistern and other electric appliance.His hunger for knowledge has not abated and he is a lifelong learner.The children have all grown up and there are 2 grandchildren who are even more technically advanced than the grandfather where mobile phones are concerned.This book is taken from some of the many articles in his blog (now with 740 posts) A Family Doctor’s Tale.Dr Kee is the author of:"A Family Doctor's Tale""Life Lessons Learned From The Study And Practice Of Medicine""Case Notes From A Family Doctor"

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      Hypothermia, A Simple Guide To The Condition, Treatment And Related Conditions - Kenneth Kee

      Hypothermia,

      A

      Simple

      Guide

      To

      The Condition,

      Treatment

      And

      Related Conditions

      By

      Dr Kenneth Kee

      M.B., B.S. (Singapore)

      Ph.D (Healthcare Administration)

      Copyright Kenneth Kee 2015 Smashwords Edition

      Published By Kenneth Kee at Smashwords.com

      Dedication

      This book is dedicated

      To my wife Dorothy

      And my children

      Carolyn, Grace

      And Kelvin

      This book describes the Hypothermia, Treatment and Related Diseases such as Hypoglycemia, Frostbite, Coma, and Shock which are seen in some of my patients in my Family Clinic.

      This eBook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This eBook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each reader.

      If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy.

      Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

      Introduction

      Ode to Hypothermia

      How nice it is to play in the snow

      To enjoy the ice and the cold

      Hypothermia occurs when more body heat is lost

      It occurs when the body is bitten by Jack Frost

      Do not stay outside without protective clothing in winter

      Do not wear wet clothing in windy or cold weather

      Always keep warm and wear winter clothing

      If needed use your body heat to aid the warming

      Cover the person's head and neck to help retain body heat

      Apply warm compresses to the neck and where needed

      Give warm, sweetened, nonalcoholic fluids to aid the warming.

      Wind-proofed the person with many-layered clothing

      Patients with mild hypothermia can be sent home after rewarming

      Those in more critical conditions should be sent to hospital for resuscitating

      Stay calm, find shelter, change to dry clothes, keep moving

      The body once warm will do its own miraculous healing

      -An original poem by Kenneth Kee

      Interesting Tips about the Hypothermia

      A Healthy Lifestyle

      1. Take a well Balanced Diet

      2. If any symptoms of hypothermia are present, especially confusion or changes in mental status, immediately call ambulance.

      a. If the person is unconscious, check airway, breathing, and circulation.

      b. If necessary, begin rescue breathing or CPR.

      c. If the victim is breathing fewer than 6 breaths per minute, begin rescue breathing.

      d. Take the person inside to room temperature and cover him or her with warm blankets.

      e. If going indoors is not possible, get the person out of the wind and use a blanket to provide insulation from the cold ground.

      f. Cover the person's head and neck to help retain body heat.

      g. Once inside, remove any wet or constricting clothes and replace them with dry clothing.

      h. Warm the person.

      i. If necessary, use your own body heat to aid the warming.

      j. Apply warm compresses to the neck, chest wall and groin.

      k. If the person is alert and can easily swallow, give warm, sweetened, nonalcoholic fluids to aid the warming.

      3. Keep bones and body strong

      Bone marrow produces our blood

      Eat foods rich in calcium like yogurt, cheese, milk, and dark green vegetables.

      Eat foods rich in Vitamin D, like eggs, fatty fish, cereal, and fortified milk.

      Eat food rich in Vitamins B and C such as green vegetables and fruits

      Zinc and other minerals are important to the body

      4. Get enough rest and Sleep

      Avoid stress and tension

      5. Exercise and stay active.

      It is best to do weight-bearing exercise such as walking, jogging, stair climbing, dancing, or lifting weights for 2½ hours a week.

      One way to do this is to be active 30 minutes a day at least 5 days a week.

      Begin slowly especially if a person has not been active.

      6. Do not drink more than 2 alcohol drinks a day for a man or 1 alcohol drink a day for a woman.

      Alcohol use also increases the chance of falling and breaking a bone.

      Alcohol can affect the neurons and brain cells.

      7. Stop or do not begin smoking.

      It also interferes with blood supply and healing.

      Cigarettes contain more than forty types of hazardous and possibly cancer causing chemicals which can harm the smokers and those around

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