SRTT Chapter 35.8

Ruan Ning shouted: “Hurry up and get Cheng Jili up, put on more clothes, and drink hot water. I’m going downstairs.”

Cheng Jikuan hurriedly replied: “Be careful.”

Ruan Ning took out the warm gloves from the space and put them on, and then she hurried to unlock the security door.

However, perhaps because it was too cold, the chain lock could not be opened.

Ruan Ning was anxious and kicked the door hard: “Everyone, wake up!”

“Is anyone there?!”

She made the sound while trying to unlock the door.

Ruan Ning had no idea how much time had passed. She finally opened the lock and hurried downstairs.

Fortunately, You Dafu didn’t sleep well that night and woke up before Ruan Ning went downstairs.

The house was in a mess, and the two children were frightened and crying.

The crying was deafening, and the whole building, even the neighboring building, was woken up.

Ruan Ning returned upstairs.

Zhou Sulan had already prepared ginger and brown sugar water: “Hurry up and drink a bowl. I’ll send two bowls over to the next door.”

Ruan Ning hummed, then sat in front of the stove, and drank the hot soup.

Maybe it was because she felt cold after going outside, but she couldn’t feel the temperature when she took the first sip, as if she was drinking cold water.

It wasn’t until the fifth sip that she felt the warmth in her mouth.

Ruan Ning looked at the alcohol thermometer again and found that its temperature had actually risen a little to minus 39 degrees.

Looking at the room full of electric heaters, Ruan Ning breathed a sigh of relief.

Zhou Sulan came back from next door and frowned, “You kid, you even forgot to put on the hot pack before running out.”

Ruan Ning put the soup bowl on the stove, hugged Zhou Sulan, and said, “I forgot about it. I should have posted it in advance.”

Zhou Sulan shook her head. The mother and daughter snuggled together to warm themselves by the fire.

After a while, Ruan Ning took down the alcohol thermometer and placed it in the east room. She found that it was still minus 38 degrees.

This place was not suitable for sleeping. Ruan Ning thought about it and simply put the bed in the room into the space, and then she put away the sofa and coffee table in the living room and put the bed in the living room.

Zhou Sulan asked curiously: “Are you going to sleep here tonight?”

Ruan Ning: “Well, I’ll put them back in the room in the morning and put the sofa out. It’s very convenient.”

Zhou Sulan looked around and found that this was a good idea: “Then I’ll turn on the electric blanket.”

No words were spoken that night.

The next morning, Ruan Ning woke up from her sleep and saw Ruan Cifeng adding firewood to the return air furnace.

She looked at the wall and saw that the alcohol thermometer had warmed up a little, reaching minus 32 degrees.

It seemed that this return air furnace was really powerful. It could raise the room temperature just like heating a kang.

Ruan Ning crawled out of the warm bed in one go and quickly put on antifreeze clothes, antifreeze pants, and warm shoes.

These clothes were quite warm. No wonder they bragged that it was used by polar scientific expedition teams.

At this time, the system suddenly said: [Host, something happened to Chu Dingfeng last night, and 2 people were lost.]

Before Ruan Ning asked what was going on, she saw Zhou Sulan walking in from the balcony. She asked curiously, “Mom, what are you doing on the balcony so early in the morning?”

Zhou Sulan sighed: “Come here and have a look too.”

 

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Translator’s Little Encyclopedia

The Limit of Human Cold Tolerance (Part 2)

Human Cold Tolerance Limit 

The normal core temperature of the human body is 37°C. If the body is cold, hypothermia will occur. Hypothermia is a phenomenon that occurs when a person’s body temperature drops below 35°C, severely affecting the nervous system, heart function, and blood flow, leading to life-threatening consequences. The heart does not work well, leading to poor blood circulation to the organs, causing the body to go into shock and increasing the risk of liver and kidney failure.

Children and the elderly are at greater risk due to weak heart muscle. In addition, elderly people who are taking beta-blockers are more likely to experience a decrease in heart rate, increasing the risk of hypothermia in cold weather.

The danger of hypothermia depends on the degree of hypothermia. Specifically:B

– Body temperature drops to 35°C: Mild hypothermia.

– Body temperature drops to 32.2°C: The body’s temperature compensation mechanism begins to decline, mental status may change, and the patient may even lose memory.

– Body temperature at 27.7°C: The patient begins to lose consciousness.

– Body temperature at 21°C: Severe hypothermia occurs, and the person will die.

The record for the lowest body temperature of an adult is 13.7°C. At that time, this person was soaked in cold water and frozen for quite a long time.

If you sleep while the body is hypothermic, people will die faster. In particular, in extremely cold conditions, especially when not kept warm, even if not fatal, people are also susceptible to significant injuries. Specifically, when the body parts are subjected to long-term colds, the amount of blood circulation will decrease. The lack of warm blood causes the muscles to freeze and break.

(Source: vinmec.com)

 

 

 

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