- Physiological effects
Consequences on our body of swimming in cold water: thermal stress, blood redistribution, tissue cooling
- Immediate risks of immersion
- Drowning: panic due to thermal shock, with severe panting
- Heart rhythm disorders: two contradictory messages with slowing and speeding up of the rhythm
- Post-immersion risks
- Vascular accident following a surge of tension and blood redistribution
- Drowning: tissue cooling with loss of horizontality in novices or hypothermia characterized by shivering and loss of consciousness
- Advice
- Gradual immersion
- Blood pressure check before and after swimming
- Fat boost
- Swimming time determined according to each individual
