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How to detect and prevent frostbite

January 6, 2014 — 

Professor Gordon Giesbrecht from the Faculty of Kinesiology and Recreation Management is an expert in physiological responses to extreme environments, like freezing cold. If you don’t have time to watch this short video, here’s a great take-home lesson: never accept numbness — when it stops feeling cold you’re in trouble.

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