While on a backwoods hunting trip, you are attending to a responsive person you suspect of experienc­ing hypothermia. you have taken him inside to a warmer location and have removed his wet clothes. you have covered him with warm blankets. ems is not readily available. next, you should:

When the EMS is not yet readily available, if the patient is still experiencing shallow breath because of hypothermia, you need to support the individual's airway. Check for the pulse afterwards and if the pulse of the individual. A person experiencing hypothermia will be difficult to feel its pulse. Monitor and if it begins to slow and you don't feel anything, you need to begin CPR.