hypothermia

hi mates, the survivor Eleanor Johnson in an interview tells a curious fact: her mother was taken to the bottom of the Carpathia to warm up... you talk about a place with heated tubes, does anyone know if this happened to other passengers? where could these places be?

Bodily circulation and the measure of a life: Forensic identification and valuation after the Titanic disaster

Has anyone ever compiled a list of the known deaths on April 15, not caused by drowning or hypothermia. Examples: severe injury during the sinking resulting in death, shooting, falling funnels, fighting, etc. I am particularly interested to know if there were fatalities that resulted in being...

In a discussion on another forum, the question was raised of how many people, if any, died in the lifeboats as a result of the cold air, or due to being splashed with seawater. I've read that Carpathia buried four to six survivors at sea, but haven't found any information on causes of death. And...

I haven't yet seen it discussed but the most probably cause of death for those in the water is cold shock, rather than hypothermia. It kills very quickly, in minutes, an is often misdiagnosed as hypothermia, a far longer process.

Thought this was worth having it's own thread Great site on Preventing Hypothermia: Hypothermia Prevention, What to do to survive in water. To purchase a life-jacket or a Personal Flotation Devise (PFD): Susan

dear people of the board i have some important news that i would like to tell you about according to dr mr shetty of illinois more people who died on the titanic died of hypothormea than of drowing you can read it either in the magazine called the lancet or on the discovery channel under...

I was asked about hypothermia during an interview the other day. In addition, there has been some recent discussion about Baker Joughin's ability to survive the night in freezing water. So, I thought I'd add a thread about hypothermia. Hypothermia is a condition that the body enters into...

Greetings from San Francisco, I am a critical care physician with research interests in immersion hypothermia. I have long been impressed by the remarkable story of Charles Joughin, Titanic's chief baker. Reportedly, he survived over 3 hours in the sub-zero water. Some accounts have...