Chapter 14 · Extreme cold and snow
Common mistakes
- Wearing cotton (jeans, sweatshirts, T-shirts) in cold and damp conditions.
- Walking or working until you sweat and then standing still.
- Thinking that someone who has stopped shivering is getting better.
- Rubbing frostbitten skin or warming it next to a fire.
- Giving alcohol "to warm up."
- Starting the car without checking that the exhaust is clear.
- Leaving the car on foot in a blizzard.
- Eating snow instead of melting it.
