Hypothermia Natures Cold Killer

Duration: 12:00

Year Published: 1981

Creator: International Film Bureau spectra media

Complete Record: dramatized boating and hiking sequences show the dangers of hypothermia and tips for survival. doctors and researchers share what they are learning about hypothermia through studies performed. laboratory volunteers undergo vigorous and physically demanding experiments to study the body’s physiological reactions to cold. aerial shots of the Pacific North West trees and forests, hikers, rescue mission to revive cold hikers, hiker with temperature gauging equipment in backpack and oxygen mask hiking in rain for experiment, boating safety in cold water, demonstration of huddling alone and in a group to preserve heat, thermal photography, canoe flips and people swim to shore and try to warn themselves, woman treading water alone in life vest, boats pull in and out of harbor, river rafters take on rapids. study with man hooked up to all sorts of wires and monitoring equipment submerged in cold water tank for an experiment. scientists explain. animated thermometer showing what happens to the body at different temperatures. thermal photography of man in cold water tank. animated body showing thermal zones in different temperatures. animated gauge showing cold zones. opening shots of man in blizzard and cold northern houses in winter.