I caught this idea from Maxpower and decided to start a thread.
Anyone that has awaken after surgery knows the first job is to get warm. I think they keep the surgical suites cold because it reduces blood loss and keeps the surgeon from dripping sweat in the wound. After all, he is working hard and fast when he is doing surgery. Then you find that the standard hospital room is cold, the doctors office is cold, and so on. I see nurses wearing sweaters when it's 90 degrees F outside. I have crawled out of my sick bed to turn the thermostat up.
Why do they do that?
Anyone that has awaken after surgery knows the first job is to get warm. I think they keep the surgical suites cold because it reduces blood loss and keeps the surgeon from dripping sweat in the wound. After all, he is working hard and fast when he is doing surgery. Then you find that the standard hospital room is cold, the doctors office is cold, and so on. I see nurses wearing sweaters when it's 90 degrees F outside. I have crawled out of my sick bed to turn the thermostat up.
Why do they do that?