What to Know if You Use Hypothermia in Your Novel

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Shaking = Sucks, but they'll be okay. Keep warm.

Silent and falling asleep = BAD. The body is giving up.

Taking their clothes off = REALLY BAD!

People in the final stages of hypothermia engage in paradoxical undressing because as they lose rationality and their nerves are damaged, they feel incredibly, irrationally hot. They strip off their clothes to cool themselves down and freeze to death.

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