Patient Care Technician Program. The Patient Care Technician program prepares a graduate to work as an entry-level Patient Care Technician (PCT) in a hospital, nursing home, long-term care, home health, mental health/psychiatric, and other health care facilities.
Very little time. : Hypothermia is defined as having a core body temperature below 95 degrees f or 35 degrees c. How long it takes to drop your body temperature to that degree is dependent on your exposure and the environmental conditions.Your body can lose heat 25 times faster in cold water than cold air. Hypothermia is defined as having a core body temperature below 95 degrees f or 35 degrees c. How long it takes to drop your body temperature to that degree is dependent on your exposure and the environmental conditions.
Hypothermia is when your body temperature gets too low. But you might be surprised to find out it doesnât really need to be all that cold to get hypothermia. Dr. Troy Madsen talks about the conditions required for hypothermia to happen, discuses the signs and symptoms, when it becomes life threatening and what you can do to help someone with hypothermia.