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Prevention of Hypothermia

Some of the measures to prevent hypothermia are:

• avoiding cold environments,
• layered clothing to trap warm air,
• eating and drinking to provide energy,
• staying as active as possible to ensure circulation,
• avoid things that may restrict circulation,
• wearing a hat (prevents up to 20% heat loss through the head) and other insulating clothing,
• staying dry (wet clothes lose about 90% of their insulating power), and
• staying out of the wind.

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