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b_b  ·  3706 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: The Cold Hard Facts about Freezing to Death

I have a buddy who is a physician in the ER. He told me a story recently about a homeless guy who came in for treatment during the dead of winter. Doc went to take the guy's shoe off, and the whole foot came with it. I've heard similar stories from other ER docs too, but mostly only involving fingers and toes. Homeless people are already crazy for the most part, and apparently adding extreme cold on top does nothing to remedy that.