Question

One suggested treatment for a person who has suffered a stroke is to immerse the patient in an ice-water bath at 0 ∘C to lower the body temperature, which prevents damage to the brain. In one set of tests, patients were cooled until their internal temperature reached 32.5 ∘C.

Part A) To treat a 65.5 kg patient, what is the minimum amount of ice (at 0∘C) that you need in the bath so that its temperature remains at 0∘C?The specific heat of the human body is 3480 J/(kg⋅C∘), and recall that normal body temperature is 37.0 ∘C.

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