How to Prevent Hypothermia After Falling Through the Ice

Video Transcript

"The next thing we want to do is cover the head and the extremities because that's where most of the heat will escape from. We're going to pull this down over her head, covers here face. Alright, we're going to have you lay down on that. Something dry and warm, buckle it down. Go ahead and lay on this. McKenna we're going to put these gloves on you, these mittens. Mittens are actually quite a bit more helpful than gloves because your fingers will actually retain some heat. The next thing we're going to do is take a space blanket, which is a reflective piece of mylar or aluminum. We're going to unfold that as quickly as you can, well sometimes they rip, and we're going to cover McKenna up with this reflective blanket to reflect the heat that she has remaining in her body. We want to keep her good and warm and as soon as we can we're going to want to get McKenna to an environment, an enclosed environment, like a shanty or a vehicle and have that heat turned on as high as we can. Now it's very important that you get out of your wet clothes and into dry clothes as quickly as possible. This will ensure your safety and keep you warm and not let hypothermia set in on you."