Treatment of hypothermia depends on the severity of the condition. In mild cases, treatment includes: moving away from cold or wet weather, using warm blankets, heating and near hot water.
Moderate or severe hypothermia is usually treated in the hospital where specialists give the patient warm venous fluids, warm moist oxygen and other treatments to help warm the body.
There are several things that should not be done in case of hypothermia; the person should not be given alcoholic beverages and should not be bathed in hot water as this may cause a shock.
Moderate or severe hypothermia is usually treated in the hospital where specialists give the patient warm venous fluids, warm moist oxygen and other treatments to help warm the body.
There are several things that should not be done in case of hypothermia; the person should not be given alcoholic beverages and should not be bathed in hot water as this may cause a shock.