Cold Climate
Severe Hypothermia range?
Less than 82 degrees (28c)
When a liquid air interface occurs at the airways entrance, the drowning continuum progresses from breath holding to?
Laryngospasm
The volume of gas is inversely proportional to its pressure?
Boyles Law
AMS stands for? And occurs at what feet?
Acute mountain sickness/6600ft
The production of heat in the body.
What is Thermolysis?
An ischemic injury that is classified as superficial, partial thickness, or full thickness.
What is Frostbite?
The process of experiencing respiratory impairment from submersion or immersion in liquid.
What is drowning?
Also called free diving, this practice does not require any equipment.
What is breath-hold diving?
(HACE) stands for?
What is High-altitude cerebral edema?
Increased carbon dioxide in the blood.
What is hypercapnia?
Itchy red or purple lesions usually found on the face or extremities.
What is Chilblains?
Severe constriction of the larynx in response to allergy, noxious stimuli, or illness.
What is Laryngospasm?
Air is piped to the diver through a tube from the surface.
What is surface-tended diving?
What does the abbreviation (HAPE) stand for?
What is High-altitude pulmonary edema?
The amount of gas dissolved in a liquid is directly proportional to the partial pressure of the gas above the liquid.
What is Henry’s law?
Know as edematous myonecrosis or permanent cell death.
What is Gangrene?
Teens typically drown in what?
What is lakes and rivers?
The diver remains at depth for prolonged periods.
What is saturation diving?
Altitude illness typically occurs in people who rapidly ascend to heights above…?
What is 8,000 feet.
The heat energy produced at rest from normal body metabolic reactions, determined mostly by the liver and skeletal muscles.
What is basal metabolic rate (BMR)?
The rewarming procedure typically takes how long?
What is 10-30 minutes?
Risk factors for drowning are:
What are Preexisting conditions such as seizure disorder or mental/physical handicap, Alcohol use and ineffective safety barriers?
Self-contained underwater breathing apparatus.
What is Scuba; specialized underwater breathing apparatus equipment?
Altitude is considered to be any terrestrial elevation above what?
What is 5,000 feet?
Lt. Arnold was on vacation with his family like he always is and, stealing time from great citizens of Cincinnati. While on vacation he was hiking and was bitten by a coral snake. What medication should the paramedic administered to counteract the venom?
Mountain Dew.