With extremely cold weather hanging around Minnesota for the next 10 days or so, I thought I’d post some survival tips:
* An effective, safe way to warm a chilled body is direct body-to-body contact, that is, strip the chilled person naked and have him get into bed with another person who is also naked, and have them press their bodies together until the chilled person warms up.
* While doing the body-to-body warming, it’s best if the chilled person moves around to help restore circulation. For example, thrusting movements with the pelvis and legs can be effective.
* To warm appendages quickly and safely, it helps if another person gently holds and rubs the affected appendage(s) with her hands. Another effective technique is to warm the affected appendage(s) in the other person’s mouth or other warm body cavity. Moving the appendage in and out of the other person’s mouth, or other cavity, is especially effective in increasing blood flow to the appendage.
* A warm (not hot!) bath or shower can help restore circulation. In this case, the other person should apply the aforementioned warming techniques with her body, hands and mouth to the chilled person during the bath or shower.
Any other tips you can think of?
