Body Temperature/Cooling
The (normal) constant core temperature of the human body.
98.6oF
A _______ & ________ climate increases risk of heat-related illnesses.
hot & humid
You should encourage a patient that is dehydrated to do this (if they are conscious and able to swallow).
Drink
A localized cold-related illness.
Frostbite
You should slowly and carefully move a hypothermic patient to this kind of environment.
Warm environment
A body cooling mechanism by which a person exhales warm air.
Respiration
The two age groups that are more predisposed to heat- and cold-related illnesses.
Pediatrics and Geriatrics
The skin signs that present during Heat Exhaustion.
Cool, moist, pale ashen skin
The measure of the combined cooling effect of wind and temperature.
the Windchill Temperature Index
The temperature of liquids that should be given to a hypothermic patient.
warm liquids (NOT hot)
Loss of heat through direct physical contact with a cooler surface.
Conduction
________, ________, and ________ (weather/environment) increase the likelihood of cold-related illnesses.
Cold, wet, and windy
Tenting
A symptom that may become absent in later stages of hypothermia.
Shivering
In a patient with hypothermia, this type of rewarming involves wrapping all exposed body surfaces with anything on hand.
Passive rewarming
Loss of heat through contact with air or water.
Convection
________ before your shift can help prevent heat-related illness.
Drinking (water)
Heat rash can also referred to by what two names.
Prickly heat or Miliaria
This medication may be given to patients with deep frostbite.
"Clot-buster"
You should apply this to the wrists, ankles, armpits, groin and back of the neck in heat exhaustion patients.
ice or cold packs.
The body cooling mechanism that is responsible for the majority of heat loss.
Evaporation
Supervisors should not leave their ________ in the car when they are on break.
Shotguns
The two types of heat stroke are _____ and _____.
Classic and Exertional
Hypothermic patients irrationally remove their clothing despite being in extreme cold.
Paradoxical Undressing
A danger of rewarming a patient where sudden vasodilation causes hypotension, leading to this condition.
Rewarming shock.