🔍 Key Concepts

• Generalized hypothermia affects the entire body and can quickly become life‑threatening • Standard first aid priorities: airway, breathing, circulation, then shock management • Things that are harmful in hypothermia, such as rapid rewarming, alcohol, or heavy digestion load

💭 Think About

• Ask yourself: In hypothermia, what is happening to the person’s circulation and core body temperature? What is the safest way to support those systems? • Which choice matches what you would normally do for someone whose vital signs are slowing and whose body is shutting down, rather than stimulating the skin or stomach? • Which options might actually worsen hypothermia by diverting warm blood away from the core or impairing judgment and blood vessels?

✅ Before You Answer

• Eliminate any option that clearly worsens heat loss or causes blood to move away from the body’s core (vital organs). • Be cautious of any treatment that increases metabolic demand suddenly, like large meals or vigorous activity. • Remember that in serious cold exposure, you must also think about circulation, blood pressure, and organ perfusion, not just warming the skin.