QueerCare

We're a Transfeminist Community care organisation, we do first aid, suicide prevention, healthcare advocacy, and general support. @[email protected]

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@babe__lin Hey, sorry, for care it's care @ https://t.co/DzSqcEHOox or hi@ for other things.

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If you appreciated our support- Covering first aid, mental health support, as well as a few snacks, consider donating to keep us going.

What we don't spend on doing first aid for protests, we spend supporting trans people in the community.

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We're out supporting the @TransActionBloc vigil today- please remember to eat and bring sweet and salty snacks, 500ml or more of water, and warm and waterproof clothing- it may drizzle later.

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@healLGBTea @TransActionBloc It should be in the tweet we quoted- we're not organising, just running first aid support

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We're out supporting the @TransActionBloc vigil today- please remember to eat and bring sweet and salty snacks, 500ml or more of water, and warm and waterproof clothing- it may drizzle later.

[Transgender Action Block @TransActionBloc]

Vigil for Brianna Ghey
Department of Education London
Wednesday 15th 6PM
SW1P 3BT

No Justice No Peace!

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If you see someone who needs help, be it mental health support or an accident, shoult for FIRST AID- We'll be in pink tabbards.

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We're mostly present on emails, and then here- but if you're looking for other places to follow us, we're posting more on instagram: https://t.co/6T8esaWZ67
We're also on the fediverse: https://t.co/z3ZIxTaCUT

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@JessicasuAKA Precisely what situations will vary by person and a lot of other factors(environment, excercise, heart rate, etc) though - all you can do is look out for pain, numbness or pins and needles.

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@JessicasuAKA It won't be a specific set of outside temperatures, it'll be skin temperature which will cause frostbite (slightly below zero). For you though, your skin will reach that temperature faster because it's not got as much blood underneath it warming it up.

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If people are talking, check if they know of any other conditions, check with their friends, and check for medical alert bracelets if they're not.

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How cold effects the brain, and complications with cold injury:

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Complications we missed: anything that limits circulation will make you especially vulnerable to cold based injury- old age os a common example, as is Raynauds syndrome which shuts down circulation to the extremeties.

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If you find this thread helpful, please send us a donation so we can keep doing this work in person:
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Cold injuries are obviously a giant issue right now and there's more to it than "being too cold is bad for your health". Here's our week worth of threads on how to prevent, recognise and treat common illnesses and injuries you get in the cold.

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Lots of things interact with cold- Food, clothing, substance use, trauma, etc.
https://t.co/HuUvCPbztT

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How cold effects the brain, and complications with cold injury: