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Instructions for helping yourself

Severe cold / possible hypothermia

What to do

  1. Get help. Find shelter and dry warmth.
  2. If fully awake and swallowing safely, take a warm alcohol-free drink.
  3. Do not drive. Ask someone to stay until help arrives.
  4. Suitable warming pack and know its use: follow manufacturer, insulating skin from pack on chest/back/armpits, not limbs. Avoid burns. No safe product: blankets and emergency care.
  5. Fall/injury: avoid unnecessary movement. Breathing takes priority: dispatcher-guided open airway. Unresponsive, breathing normally, no injury: recovery-position guide.

What to avoid

  1. No hot bath or direct heat. Do not rub limbs or give alcohol.
Child or baby unresponsive with abnormal breathing: child CPRFall/injury: necessary movementAdult unresponsive with abnormal breathing: CPRUnresponsive adult breathing normally without injury: recovery position