What is the proper first aid for hypothermia?

Remove from clothing, cover with a warm blanket, and in severe cases they soak them in a tub of cold water - slowly moving them to tubs of warmer and warmer water...

get naked (you can leave your under garments on) with someone and cuddle up close so that you can better absorb their body heat

go to the hospital... they can give you warm iv fluids and use warm blankets

whoever the first person was that answered this question is not telling you correctly....DO not put someone in cold water..hence the word HYPO which means Low...you would WARM THEM UP! Body temp down..common sense warm it back up. In severe cases emergency treatment is needed.

The best thing is to warm the victim from the inside out, which must be done in a hospital. If you are in the field,make sure all wet clothing is removed and place hot packs in the groin, in the armpits and under the neck.Don't let the hot packs come in direct contact with the skin. Cover with blankets and warm them as quickly as possible. Do not warm them if there is any risk of re freezing. Do not rub the skin because there may be ice crystals in the blood stream that if dislodged, could act as an embolysm and cause stroke like symptoms.

initial management may require cpr for the person not breathing, or pulselessness

call911

REMEMBER ABC'S AND DO NOT IMMEDIATELY TRY TO AGGRESSIVELY REWARM IF YOU ARE DOING CPR AS YOU WILL INCREASE THE METABOLIC DEMANDS WITHOUT THE NEEDED CIRCULATION

CAREFULLY remove wet clothing to prevent further heat loss, BUT BE VERY CAREFUL WHEN YOU MOVE THE PERSON AS IT MAY TRIGGER CARDIAC ARREST

now you may rewarm in a sleeping bag and possibly with another body

get the person to a hospital for the more advances warming of the core.

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