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Table 1 Rate of core temperature cooling in individuals from 42.2 to ~38.9 °C

From: Water immersion for post incident cooling of firefighters; a review of practical fire ground cooling modalities

Cooling category

Tc cooling rate

Ideal (<20 min)

>0.155 °C min−1

Acceptable (20–40 min)

0.079–0.154 °C min−1

Unacceptable (>40 min)

<0.078 °C min−1

  1. Cooling categories represent desired time for cooling [27]
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Extreme Physiology & Medicine

ISSN: 2046-7648

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