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Gordon Grant Giesbrecht is a Canadian physiologist who operates the Laboratory for Exercise and Environmental Medicine at the University of Manitoba in Manitoba, Canada. He studies the effects of extreme environments, including cold, heat, hypoxia, and hypobaria on the human body. [ 1 ].
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Dr. Giesbrecht has studied drowning physiology and prevention as well as prevention of vehicle submersion deaths. Other research interests include human physical and mental performance in other stresses such as altitude (hypoxia) and diving (hypobaria).
Dr. Gordon Giesbrecht retires after 32-years
Giesbrecht operated the Laboratory for Exercise and Environmental Medicine, where he primarily studied human responses to exercises and work in extreme environments. Over the decades, Giesbrecht conducted hundreds of cold-water immersion studies, shaping the way first responders and the general public cold-stress situations. Gordon H. Martin | UT Physicians | Vascular Surgery Doctor in ...
Gordon Giesbrecht, who is known as Professor Popsicle, is retiring from the University of Manitoba after years of educating people about cold weather survival. I built and run the Laboratory for Exercise and Environmental Medicine where we study the physiological responses of humans to work and exercise in. Giesbrecht operated the Laboratory for Exercise and Environmental Medicine, where he primarily studied human responses to exercises and work in extreme environments. Over the decades, Giesbrecht conducted hundreds of cold-water immersion studies, shaping the way first responders and the general public cold-stress situations.
>30 years experience at >10 universities. University of Manitoba thermophysiology Prof. Gordon Giesbrecht — a leading authority on hypothermia, ice safety and cold-water immersion survival — taught his final class last week and has.
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Dr Giesbrecht is a professor of thermophysiology at the University of Manitoba. He has done a large amount of work sorting out what makes the difference between survival and death in a range of situations. Lake Ice - Dr. Gordon Giesbrecht - Squarespace
Dr. Gordon Giesbrecht, also known as “Professor Popsicle,” made his Letterman show splash on Feb. 19, , soaking for 17 minutes in a giant tank of ice water – and had his recovery (also on the show) aided with a hand delivered cup of tea from actress Sarah Jessica Parker (blurb and photo from Winnipeg Free Press). Dr. Gordon Giesbrecht retires after 32-years
University of Manitoba thermophysiology Prof. Gordon Giesbrecht — a leading authority on hypothermia, ice safety and cold-water immersion survival — taught his final class last week and has.
