brian
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Registered: 07/28/04
Posts: 1468
Loc: Texas
Quote:
Most Hypothermic patients do not realize it can only take a few seconds in 50 degree or less water.
If this is the case then wouldnt every person who ever swam the english channel now be dead? <img src="/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" /> What factors determine who is safe in water below 50 degrees and who isnt?
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