Hypothermia - Emergency Blankets

Hypothermia emergency blankets are lightweight, single-use or limited-reuse thermal protection sheets designed to prevent or slow heat loss from the human body in cold exposure emergencies, post-trauma shock situations, and field medical casualty care scenarios. They work by reflecting radiated body heat back toward the patient using a metallized polyester film layer that bounces infrared radiation rather than absorbing and dissipating it. This reflective mechanism retains up to 90% of the body’s radiated heat output without adding significant insulation mass, making these blankets extremely compact and light for individual first aid kit inclusion.

Standard emergency blankets measure 130cm x 210cm in the unfolded state and weigh between 40 and 60 grams. They fold down to a pocket-sized package of roughly 6cm x 9cm x 1cm. The outer film surface uses vacuum-deposited aluminum on a biaxially oriented polyethylene terephthalate (BoPET) substrate. This construction gives the blanket its characteristic silver or gold color and windproof, waterproof outer surface that also blocks convective heat loss from wind exposure.

Military and professional-grade variants add a fleece or foam inner layer for improved passive insulation in extreme cold environments below -10°C. Some models incorporate a colored outer shell for visibility signaling in search and rescue operations.

Tactical Supply Pakistan stocks hypothermia emergency blankets for military medics, law enforcement first aid kits, disaster response teams, mountain rescue units, and civil defense organizations operating across Pakistan’s varied climate zones from coastal heat to high-altitude cold environments in the northern territories and KPK.