Hypothermia is a medical condition where the core body temperature of a body drops below the required temperature needed for normal body functions.

Cervantes Quinn used a medical tricorder in 2268 on himself and discovered that he was suffering from hypothermia and hypoxia. He was able to cure the hypothermia with some tri-ox compound. (VAN - Declassified novella: The Stars Look Down)

In the year 2273 when the Federation SW7-class shuttlecraft Halley was damaged within the Hohweyn system, Doctor Leonard McCoy was trying to prevent Pavel Chekov from getting hypothermia. (TOS novel: The Kobayashi Maru)

In 2368 Jean-Luc Picard and Geordi La Forge had to work quickly to prevent the Legarans from succumbing to hypothermia after a Romulan agent had sabotaged their environmental systems. (TNG short story: "Last Words")

In 2376 when the shuttlecraft Venture was disabled on the far side of the Bajoran wormhole, Jake Sisko wondered when hypothermia would be setting in. (DS9 novel: Rising Son)

External linksEdit

• Hypothermia article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
• Hypothermia article at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.