Cold Can Kill: Hypothermia
- Author: Christine Betz Hall
- Pub. no.: SG-ED-23
- Year: 1994
- No. pages: 20
- Price: $3.00 US
- ISBN: 1-56612-026-8
PDF Files
- Cold Can Kill: Hypothermia is viewable on screen and can be printed from a PDF (Adobe Acrobat) File [270 KB].
Description
The audience for this illustrated book is new adult readers. Details about hypothermia are included--causes of hypothermia, how the body loses heat, how to diagnose hypothermia, how to prevent it, and how to treat victims of hypothermia. Written at the fourth-grade level, this book is also suitable for children. Warnings against alcohol use are included. In the Outdoor Survival Series for New Readers, published by Alaska Sea Grant and the Literacy Council of Alaska.
