emergency blankets

Mylar rescue sheets

Emergency blankets are thin, lightweight sheets of heat-reflective material—typically metallic-coated plastic film—designed to retain body heat in survival situations.

Standard equipment in first aid kits and disaster supplies, they work by reflecting radiated heat back toward the body.

Also called space blankets or mylar blankets: Rescuers wrapped the hikers in emergency blankets.

Related

body heat · heat retention · rescue · silver · thermal · reflective · hypothermia · warmth · shiny · crinkle · compact · lightweight · first aid kit · disaster · disaster preparedness · bug out bag · shelter · insulation

Categories
Opposites
purpose/context of use

emergency blanketsluxury bedding

Upscale sleep textiles

picnic blankets · hotel bedding

material quality and comfort

emergency blanketsdown comforters

Feather-filled bed covers

weighted blankets · quilts · featherbeds · electric blankets

Family

emergency, blanket, emergencies, emergent, emerge, emerged, emerging, emergence, blankets

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G