Gordon g. Giesbrecht, PhD, Thea Pretorius, MSc

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Survey of Public Knowledge and Responses to Educational Slogans Regarding Cold- Water Immersion Gordon g. Giesbrecht, PhD, Thea Pretorius, MSc Wilderness & Environmental Medicine Volume 19, Issue 4, Pages 261-266 (December 2008) DOI: 10.1580/08-WEME-OR-200.1 Copyright © 2008 Wilderness Medical Society Terms and Conditions

Figure 1 The percentage of responses to Questions 1 and 2 for each time period (n=661) Wilderness & Environmental Medicine 2008 19, 261-266DOI: (10.1580/08-WEME-OR-200.1) Copyright © 2008 Wilderness Medical Society Terms and Conditions

Figure 2 Responses to 2 educational slogans regarding ice-water immersion: Slogan #1 labeled “7–70”; Slogan #2 labeled “1–10–1” (n=605). Correct answers: solid bars, specific statements about action, timing, or consequences of cold; hatched bars, general response “get out of the water.” Incorrect answers: shaded bars, specific statements about action, timing, or consequences of cold; open bars, general responses that are irrelevant or unrelated. * indicates the difference in the number of responses to the 2 slogans (P<.001) Wilderness & Environmental Medicine 2008 19, 261-266DOI: (10.1580/08-WEME-OR-200.1) Copyright © 2008 Wilderness Medical Society Terms and Conditions