Hyperthermia Management
Hyperthermia is a term related to the overheating of a human being. Opposite hypothermia, the condition refers to the afflicted persons...
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How to be a good conductor…..
The first step is to purchase your own train. No, no, not that kind of conductor, we are going to talk about heat conductors and how to...
What is a PolarSkin Ice Sheet?
So, what is a PolarSkin Ice Sheet? Why? Let us start with the intended use of PolarSkin Ice Sheets (PSIS). PSIS are used to quickly cool...
Heat Injury and Cooling as Explained by an Engineer
ΔT and the Roll in Heat Casualties Δ (delta) T is what the scientific community defines as the difference in temperature between two...
Defining What It Means To Be PolarSkin Cool.
ArcticAqua is very cool. ArcticAqua is a wetted emulsion designed to optimize thermal exchange between human flesh and an ice pack. The...
COVID-19 and Heat Casualties in 2021
COVID-19 is a horrid, disgusting, and frightening part of our daily lives. Wishing things would go back to the way they were is a...
What is a Heat Casualty?
A Heat Casualty is a victim of a Heat Related Injury. A Heat Related Injury falls in a spectrum of disorders related to hot environmental...
Warren Buffett, Risk as a Noun, and the Year 2020.
Risk: exposure to the chance of injury or loss; a hazard or dangerous chance. Dictionary.com "Risk comes from not knowing what you're...
Sliding on Ice
#PolarSkin PolarSkin Ice Sheets work for the same reason you can slide on ice. Sort of. Water is a phase change material with a melting...
PolarSkin Ice Pads
Fresh out of the military in 2012, I founded the company that invented PolarSkin in 2013. The purpose was to fix a problem. Addressing...