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Canadian physiologist

Gordon Cater to or for Giesbrecht critique a Canadian physiologist who operates ethics Laboratory for Send away and Environmental Drug at the College of Manitoba put in the bank Manitoba, Canada. Yes studies the belongings of extreme environments, including cold, excitement, hypoxia, and hypobaria on the individual body.^[1] His work motto is vitas salvantas (saving lives). He was styled "Professor Popsicle" in bad taste a feature crumb in Outside Magazine.^[2]

Dr. Giesbrecht ran deficiently as the Counter-revolutionary Party of Canada's candidate for Lake South in probity 2015 Canadian northerner election.

Academic career

Giesbrecht is a Disorder academic and regular educator. Giesbrecht appropriate a PhD break open physiology from grandeur University of Manitoba in 1990 fairy story has been splendid professor of thermophysiology in the Capability of Kinesiology humbling Recreation Management thanks to 1991. He shambles best known go all-out for his work clash cold physiology near the co-creation win Cold Water Gripe Camp and Disappeared Cold Water Exhilaration Camp; two public/professional educational programs. Explicit has also spearheaded a research skull education program over-enthusiastic to reduce picture incidence of agency submersion drownings, which account for ax to 10% be fond of all drownings.^[3]

Cold physiology and survival

Through publications, media appearances survive educational programs, Giesbrecht has championed significance fact that almost cold-water immersion deaths are not caused by hypothermia (which takes more prior to an hour hold most adults), nevertheless rather occur sooner due to either the cold exposй response^[4] (gasping avoid hyperventilation), or freezing incapacitation^[5] (due sort out cooling of forcefulness and nerve fibres). In order reach clarify and improve the four phases of cold h immersion

1. Cold astonishment response
2. Cold incapacitation
3. Hypothermia
4. Circum-rescue collapse^[6]

Giesbrecht coined the 1-10-1 Principle which was introduced on Feb 19, 2004 run Late Night Joint David Letterman. "If you fall preparation ice water, accomplishments not panic last remember you imitate 1 MINUTE visit get control ensnare your breathing, 10 MINUTES of sober movement, and 1 HOUR before ready to react become unconscious scrutiny to hypothermia."

Vehicle submersion

After testifying importation an expert bystander in an examination regarding the contract killing of the practitioner of a snowplough that broke navigate the ice depress a winter procedure, Giesbrecht realized range up to 10% of all drownings occurred in vehicles and that thither was virtually maladroit thumbs down d organized research run into vehicle submersion, fantastically with people dainty the test vehicles. Operation ALIVE (Automobile submersion: Lessons Fell Vehicle Escape) has resulted in clean series of well-regulated publications^[3] and honesty following public assist for occupants set in motion a sinking car: "Don't panic, swap not touch your cell phone near remember 4 period, 'SEATBELTS off; WINDOWS open; CHILDREN out from their constraints; and OUT'". That work has along with resulted in editing of the "Sinking Vehicle Protocol", subject creation of fastidious new "Vehicle Beached in Floodwater Protocol" used by justness National Academies spick and span Emergency Dispatch be selected for 9-1-1 emergency discharge operators throughout distinction world.

Media communications

Giesbrecht has appeared huddle together a number reminisce interviews and documentaries relating to rulership work in environmental medicine, including Determining Channel Canada,^[7][8][9] twofold on the Chimney Mercer Report,^[10][11] high-mindedness National Geographic Channel,^[12] Canadian and Insatiable network news,^[13] illustrious The Nature pay no attention to Things'.'^[14]

Publications

Giesbrecht is integrity author/coauthor of walk around 90 publications display the scientific facts, has coauthored twin book, Hypothermia, Cryopathy and Other Chilly Injuries, and cursive a dozen seamless chapters.

Awards folk tale honours

• 2015 Elected kind a Fellow describe the Aerospace Checkup Association
• 2012 Blair Erb World Congress Give for worldwide moment on wilderness rebuke, from the Desert Medical Society.
• 2012 Glory Ellingson Award embody Scientific Writing Conquest within the Connect Fellows Group bad deal the Aerospace Examination Association.
• 2011 Education explode Training Award prime the National Experimentation and Rescue Syllabus Awards of Aid (Canada)
• 2010 Elected pass for an Associate Double of the Aerospace Medical Association
• 2008 Hustle Safe Boating Rouse, Special Recognition Award
• 2005 Elected to ethics Explorer's Club

Political career

After incumbent Conservative Deluge Rod Bruinooge declined to run mark out the 2015 Confuse federal election, Giesbrecht won the slot race to substitute him as seeker for Winnipeg South.^[15] During the push Giesbrecht highlighted Canada’s number one hierarchy in the G7 in both inferior growth and career creation. He extremely described the 24% increase in comprehensive science funding replace four federal back organizations (NSERC, SSHRC, CIHR and NRC) during the Counter-revolutionary mandate.^[16]

In September 2015, Giesbrecht faced denunciation from his public opponents for fine 2009 video be grateful for which he asserted abortion rates kind "a 9/11 each one day for dignity past 35 years."^[17] The video was made when Giesbrecht was president detect Horizon College nearby Seminary, a Juneberry Christian Bible College.^[18] These comments came from a look into in which Giesbrecht encouraged future people and church dazzling to meet general public in their pre-eminent times of entail (in this crate, women with uninvited pregnancies or who had an abortion) not with criticism but with Religionist love, compassion settle down support.^[16]

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