Sentences with phrase «hypothermia so»

So, why is hypothermia so dangerous?

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Doing so could increase the risk of hypothermia, or low body temperature.

Hypothermia is the body's attempt to preserve heat in extreme cold; it decreases heart rate and blood pressure, so less oxygen is required.

However hypothermia can also kill, and at least one death has been attributed to the diving reflex, so it pays to be cautious when taking your baby swimming.

It is true that when you go to sleep and wake up the next morning or go under anesthesia for surgery and come back hours later, your memories return, as they do even after so - called profound hypothermia and circulatory arrest.

In preclinical studies, hypothermia and anti-oxidant treatment with N - acetylcysteine (NAC) are neuroprotective following neonatal hypoxic ischemia in females, but less so in males.

Her blood pressure had plummeted and she had developed hypothermia — common complications of lying in the ICU for so long.

I've decided this year, after 4 years of denial and suffering, that I'm going to stop pretending I'm living in a regular winter climate city hence stopped taking photos outside during harsh winter and risk hypothermia or pneumonia (happened once, not kidding), so this is my first non-sponsored outfit post in a long time and it really feels good to be back.

So I've been on the hunt this morning for sweaters, jackets and anything long sleeve to keep me from catching hypothermia.

Hypothermia leads to poor decision - making abilities, the illusion of heat and the intense desire to sleep, so once it hits, survival is even more unlikely.

Hypothermia is the leading cause of puppy mortality, so heat lamps with an automatic thermostat are important equipments during the upbringing of the puppies.

They are enthused with swimming, so they are widely used as rescue dogs, especially in cold waters where other breeds of dogs would be at an increased risk of hypothermia.

This is a natural reflex to help your dog not suffer from hypothermia with all the excess water so close to its skin.

Before then, they are unable to shiver and are at risk of hypothermia, which is why their mother (or you) must provide all of their warmth for them before they reach 3 weeks or so.

Prevent hypothermia by providing plenty of thick bedding and a selection of hide boxes of different sizes so your hamster can pick the one that keeps it warm and comfortable.

Additionally, do not expose your dog to long periods of time outdoors — dogs are just as susceptible to hypothermia as humans, so your companion should spend as much time indoors as possible.

Puppies can suffer from hypoglycemia (low blood sugar) or loss of body heat (hypothermia) during surgery and recovery, so speed is of the essence in the procedure.

It went something like this: hotel check - in, locate room, locate wifi service, attempt connection to wifi, wonder why the connection is taking so long, try again, locate phone, call front desk, get told «the internet is broken for a while», decide to hot - spot the mobile phone because some emails really needed to be sent, go «la la la» about the roaming costs, locate iron, wonder why iron temperature dial just spins around and around, swear as iron spews water instead of steam, find reading glasses, curse middle - aged need for reading glasses, realise iron temperature dial is indecipherably in Chinese, decide ironing front of shirt is good enough when wearing jacket, order room service lunch, start shower, realise can't read impossible small toiletry bottle labels, damply retrieve glasses from near iron and successfully avoid shampooing hair with body lotion, change (into slightly damp shirt), retrieve glasses from shower, start teleconference, eat lunch, remember to mute phone, meet colleague in lobby at 1 pm, continue teleconference, get in taxi, endure 75 stop - start minutes to a inconveniently located client, watch unread emails climb over 150, continue to ignore roaming costs, regret tuna panini lunch choice as taxi warmth, stop - start juddering, jet - lag, guilt about unread emails and traffic fumes combine in a very unpleasant way, stumble out of over-warm taxi and almost catch hypothermia while trying to locate a very small client office in a very large anonymous business park, almost hug client with relief when they appear to escort us the last 50 metres, surprisingly have very positive client meeting (i.e. didn't throw up in the meeting), almost catch hypothermia again waiting for taxi which despite having two functioning GPS devices can't locate us on a main road, understand why as within 30 seconds we are almost rendered unconscious by the in - car exhaust fumes, discover that the taxi ride back to the CBD is even slower and more juddering at peak hour (and no, that was not a carbon monoxide induced hallucination), rescheduled the second client from 5 pm to 5.30, to 6 pm and finally 6.30 pm, killed time by drafting this guest blog (possibly carbon monoxide induced), watch unread emails climb higher, exit taxi and inhale relatively fresher air from kamikaze motor scooters, enter office and grumpily work with client until 9 pm, decline client's gracious offer of expensive dinner, noting it is already midnight my time, observe client fail to correctly set office alarm and endure high decibel «warning, warning» sounds that are clearly designed to send security rushing... soon... any second now... develop new form of nausea and headache from piercing, screeching, sounds - like - a-wailing-baby-please-please-make-it-stop-alarm, note the client is relishing the extra (free) time with us and is still talking about work, admire the client's ability to focus under extreme aural pressure, decide the client may be a little too work focussed, realise that I probably am too given I have just finished work at 9 pm... but then remember the 200 unread emails in my inbox and decide I can resolve that incongruency later (in a quieter space), become sure that there are only two possibilities — there are no security staff or they are deaf — while my colleague frantically tries to call someone who knows what to do, conclude after three calls that no - one does, and then finally someone finally does and... it stops.