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Hypothermia is medically defined as a core body temperature below what?

95 degrees F (35 degrees C).

  1. 95 degrees F ✔
  2. 98.6 degrees F
  3. 85 degrees F

Why: Normal body temperature is about 98.6 degrees F. Hypothermia starts when your core drops below 95 degrees F. Before that, a person is usually very cold and shivering hard.

Huh, didn't know that: It takes about thirty minutes for an average adult to become hypothermic even in near-freezing water, so cold shock and weakness are the earlier dangers.

The dad joke
What did the thermometer say to the ice cube? You make my temperature drop.
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Sources

  1. National Center for Cold Water Safety https://www.coldwatersafety.org/hypothermia
  2. USCG, A Boater's Guide to the Federal Requirements for Recreational Boats (2023) https://www.uscgboating.org/assets/1/AssetManager/Boaters-Guide-to-Federal-Requirements-for-Receational-Boats-20231108.pdf

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