Painful muscle spasms usually associated with vigorous activity in a hot environment
What are heat cramps?
100
Diagnosed when the core temperature of the body falls.
What is hypothermia?
100
The basic rules (4) of water rescue are:
What is reach, throw, row, go?
100
The most common and dangerous emergency in scuba diving.
What is air embolism?
100
The two spiders able to deliver serious, even life-threatening bites
What are the black widow and the brown recluse?
200
A form of heat injury in which the body loses significant amounts of fluid and electrolytes because of heavy sweating.
What is heat exhaustion?
200
A type of heat loss that occurs when heat passes directly from the body to a colder object
What is conduction?
200
Most spinal injuries in diving accidents affect which portion of the spine?
What is the cervical spine?
200
Condition that occurs when bubbles of gas, especially nitrogen, obstruct blood vessels.
What is decompression sickness or "bends"?
200
The bite of this spider can cause localized pain and swelling, inlcuding agonizing muscle spasms. Its venom is neurotoxic.
What is the black widow?
300
The temperature of the surrounding environment
What is ambient temperature?
300
A person losing body heat by standing in a cold room is an example of
What is radiation?
300
Response of the body that results in lowering of the metabolic rate associated with hypothermia
What is diving reflex?
300
Group of illnesses that may occur when unacclimatized people ascend to high altitude.
What is altitude illnesses?
300
The bite of this spider is cytotoxic and is characterized by swelling, tenderness, and a pale, mottled, cyanotic center.
What is the brown recluse?
400
Treatment for this condition includes giving oxygen and placing cool packs about the neck, groin, and armpits.
What is heatstroke?
400
List 3 names for the condition where the body has become very cold but not frozen.
What is frostnip, chilblains, and immersion foot (trench foot)?
400
Body's attempt at self-preservation that prevents more water from entering the lungs
What is laryngospasm?
400
Signs and symptoms of these illneses (2) may include: severe constant throbbing headache, ataxia, extreme fatigue, vomiting, and loss of consciousness.
What are high-altitude pulmonary edema (HAPE) and high-altitude cerebral edema (HACE)?
400
The two infectious diseases commonly carried by ticks
What are Lyme disease and Rocky Mountain spotted fever?
500
Examples of this type of radiation include cell phones, microwave ovens, and ultraviolet (UV) light from the sun.
What is non-ionized radiation?
500
The main goal in the management of hypothermia in the field is:
What is stabilize the ABCs and prevent further heat loss?
500
Major risk factors (4) that make a person at greater risk for drowning
What are alcohol consumption, preexisting seizure disorders, geriatric patients with cardiovascular disease and unsupervised access to water?
500
Injuries with signs and symptoms related to changes in barometric pressure.
What is dysbarism injuries?
500
Occuring 7-10 days after a bite by an infected tick, this disease's S&S include: nausea, vomiting, HA, weakness, paralysis, and possibly cardiorespiratory collapse.