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Originally Posted by anaconda moto
Sad news!
"40 minutes is more than enough time to die of hyperthermia = heatstroke, which is far more serious than heat exhaustion."
I didn't know that it could take only 40 minutes......a lesson learnt.
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Every single body will react slightly differently in these circumstances but the end state is just a matter of time if treatment/preventative measures are not done; that is the really sad aspect, because such incidents of death are preventable, in the main.
Two or more people together, riding bikes or whatever, should look out for the symptoms in each other = the buddy/buddy system, because those entering the early, mild, stages of both hyper- and hypo-thermia will be the last to realise what is happening.
The first person who identifies the issue needs to take charge and deal with it; those suffering from the symptoms will probably resist, wanting to carry out a bad decision while in a confused state.
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Dave
Last edited by Walkabout; 15 Jun 2012 at 13:30.
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