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“Even skin that is protected can be subject to frostbite,” the National Safety Council says. Signs of frostbite include skin that looks red, white, bluish-white, grayish-yellow, purplish, brown or ashen, depending on the severity of the condition and the person’s skin color. The affected area may feel numb as well. The condition can affect the fingers, toes, ears and face.
If caught early, it is possible to prevent permanent damage, according to NSC. If not, frostbite can cause tissue death and lead to amputation.
Follow these do’s and don’ts if you or a co-worker is experiencing frostbite:
DO:
- Seek medical care immediately.
- If medical care will be delayed and there’s no danger of the skin refreezing, go into a warm room and immerse the affected area in lukewarm water (99-104° F) for 20-30 minutes only.
- Remove wet clothing and constricting items, and protect between fingers and toes with dry gauze.
- Warm the extremities with your own body heat. For example, hold frostbitten fingers under your arm.
- Protect and elevate the affected area.
DON’T:
- Rub the frostbitten area with snow.
- Massage the frostbitten area or walk on frostbitten toes.
- Use a heating pad, heat lamp, hot water or other high-temperature heat sources to warm the skin.
- Use chemical warmers directly on frostbitten tissue.
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Yup. Been there. Easy to do some winters. Started to catch a little this morning doing my weekly compost.
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Good timing! Just spent a -16 degrees night. We were hugging the woodstove.
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Et Tu, Brutus?
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Hope you have plenty of wood. Take care.
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Oh yeah. Hope your hands recovered quickly.
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Ayuh. 20 minutes and I was ready to go down cellar and stick to my barbell.
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I feel bad for all the poor bastards on heat rations, though. This must be right out straight flipping miserable. Even with my woodstove going full tilt, it was cold in the house till 12. Had to cancel a window measurement on account of fear the pipes would burst.
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Also, my brother did get his hands frostbitten once, climbing Katahdin; it took several days to recover. He said he should have worn gauntlet gloves. There is plenty of wood; just got another cord. But I feel bad for people who don’t have one in this cold, in case of power going out. The wind was fierce. When I was a kid, and we stayed out sliding too long, we’d come in and our hands would ache and swell until the blood started flowing again; I guess that’s why you shouldn’t try warming them up too fast. That could do some damage to tissue. Good article.
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