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| | SARBC - Hypothermia - Physiology, Signs, Symptoms and Treatment Considerations |
 | | However, when we speak of Core Temperature it is the thoracic, or critical core we are concerned with, mainly the area of the heart, lungs and brain. |
 | | Initial management principles emphasize prevention of further heat loss, rewarming as soon as is safely possible at a "successful" rate and rewarming the core before the shell, in an attempt to avoid inducing lethal side effects during rewarming. |
 | | At temperatures below 32 degrees Celcius, one should expect an irritable myocardium, a temperature gradient between the core and periphery, and relative hypovolemia (abnormally decreased volume of circulating blood in the body). |
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