A warm spring afternoon, a lake shore, and a friend who decides a swim would be refreshing. He runs in and dives. When he surfaces he is gasping, wide-eyed, unable to speak, thrashing towards the bank five metres away and getting nowhere. The water is about 10 °C. He is a strong swimmer in a pool. None of that matters for the next minute: his body has taken control of…
In this lesson
Cold water shock and "float first"
If you fall in
Rescuing someone from water without becoming a victim
Drowning: resuscitation
Frostnip and frostbite
Non-freezing cold injury (trench foot)
Check yourself
Key points
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