Please join us at 4:00pm Pacific Time on Sunday, January 21st, 2024 for the first CORA Town Hall of the year when Dr. Gordon Giesbrecht, aka Dr. Popsicle, will provide us with a special presentation on cold water safety.
Now retired, Dr. Giesbrecht, Ph.D., was a Professor of Thermophysiology in the Faculty of Kinesiology and Recreation Management, at the University of Manitoba where he operated the Laboratory for Exercise and Environmental Medicine and studied human responses to exercise and work in extreme environments. He has conducted hundreds of cold water immersion studies that have provided valuable information about cold stress physiology and pre-hospital care for human hypothermia. Dr. Giesbrecht has studied drowning physiology and prevention as well as prevention of vehicle submersion deaths. Other research interests include human physical and mental performance in other stresses such as altitude (hypoxia) and diving (hypobaria).
Dr. Giesbrecht was dubbed Professor Popsicle in a feature article in Outdoor Magazine in 2003, and has appeared on the “Late Show With David Letterman” in 2004, “The Nature of Things with David Suzuki” (twice), and the “Rick Mercer Report” (three times). He has also been featured on the Discovery Channel, National Geographic Channel and several National Network News Networks in both Canada and the US.
CLICK HERE or on the image below to watch a recording of the town hall session.
Hypothermia Guidelines:
https://www.canadianoutrigger.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/WMS-Hypothermia-guidelines-2019.pdf
Cold Card Paper #1:
https://www.canadianoutrigger.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Cold-Card-1-Paper-WEJM.pdf
Cold Card Graphic #2:
https://www.canadianoutrigger.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Cold-Card-2-Download.pdf
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