PREDICTING SURVIVAL TIME FOR COLD EXPOSURE
- Authors
- Corporate Authors
- Defence and Civil Inst of Environmental Medicine, Downsview ONT (CAN)
- Abstract
- The prediction of survival time (ST) for cold exposure is speculative as reliable controlled data of deep hypothermia are unavailable. At best, guidance can be obtianed from case histories of accidential exposure. The study describes the development of a mathematical model for the prediction of ST under sedentary conditions in the cold. The model is based on steady-state heat conduction in a single cylinder comprised of a core and two concentric annular shells representing the fat plus skin and the clothing plus still boundary layer, respectively. The ambient condition can be either air or water; the distinction is made by assigning different values of insulation to the still boundary layer.
- Report Number
- DCIEM-95-06 — Reprint
- Date of publication
- 01 Apr 1995
- Number of Pages
- 9
- Reprinted from
- Int J Biometeorol, vol 39, 1995, p 94-102
- DSTKIM No
- 96-01372
- CANDIS No
- 228809
- Format(s):
- Document Image stored on Optical Disk;Hardcopy
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