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Fig. 1

From: Measurements of rates of cooling of a manikin insulated with different mountain rescue casualty bags

Fig. 1

Standard insulation system utilised by Edale Mountain Rescue Team. The casualty is placed in the vacuum mattress and wrapped in a Pertex©/pile blanket (a) This can be further supplemented by placing this system within the heavier-weight casualty “Wiggy” bag (b left-hand image—empty Wiggy bag; Right-hand image—Wiggy bag loaded with casualty enclosed in a vacuum mattress/Pertex©/pile blanket)

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