2023-12-12 03:26:00
The Chilean Legal Medical Service revealed the result of the autopsy of the three Argentine mountaineers who died on Cerro Marmolejoin Chile, and reported that the mountaineers lost their lives due to hipotermia accidental.
The report clarifies that the men were frozen in just 11 minutes due to the climatic conditions of the place, where the temperature ranges between -10ºC and -15ºC.
The climbers had disappeared on November 29 on Cerro Marmolejo and, following an intense search, their death was confirmed on December 4.
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The autopsy was scheduled for last Wednesday, but was delayed due to the frozen state of the remains of Raúl Espir, Sergio Berardo and Ignacio Javier Lucero. It was only on Saturday when they were able to analyze the bodies.
The weather conditions were not only the cause of the death of the mountaineers, but also prevented their quick rescue, an event that occurred last Wednesday in a time-trial operation that lasted 7 hours. It was carried out by the personnel of Socorro Andino, Senapred and the Chilean Police Operations Group.
What is accidental hypothermia, the cause of death of Argentine mountain climbers?
The Accidental hypothermia occurs when the loss of body temperature exceeds the capacity for heat production..
This occurs when the body is at regarding 35ºC, that is to say, two degrees less than the temperature considered normal in the human body.
The first symptoms of accidental hypothermia are chills, slow heart rate and breathing.
Dr. César Cortés, head of the Emergency Service at the University of Chile Clinical Hospital, pointed out that this occurs because the body seeks to “generate heat, a capacity that is lost when the body temperature drops.”
When the low temperature, the person begins to lose brain and vascular capacity. So, it looks unable to move your limbs, speak or remember. Then, your The skin turns blue and cellular metabolic processes stop..
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