BWLS - Basic Wilderness Life Support

Being Too Hot or Too Cold in the Outdoors

Richard J Ingebretsen MD PhD

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How does heat leave your body?  What is cold?  What is the right way to maintain body temperature while in the backcountry?  Listen as we discuss problems of being too hot or too cold in the outdoors.