Frostnip
Frostnip
What is another name for a local cold injury?
Frostbite
What is another name for late or deep local cold injury?
Protect yourself
What is the number one rule in ice rescue?
Less than 93.2 F
What is Mild Hypothermia?
Temperature is well above freezing
When can hypothermia occur?
Early or Superficial
What is one way to classify local cooling injuries?
Affected skin appears white and waxy
What is a common sign of late or deep local cold injury?
Ladder
What is an effective tool used in ice rescue?
Less than 86 F
What is severe hypothermia?
Head and neck especially bald headed people and babies.
Where on the body is the most radiant heat loss?
Nose, tips of ears, upper checks and fingers
What are the areas most susceptible to early or superficial cold injuries?
Skin turns mottled or blotchy, and the color turns from white to grayish yellow and finally to grayish blue.
What does the skin look like when frostbite progresses?
The first 1 in Dr. Popsicle's ice/cold water formula
What is cold shock and the first 1 minute to try not to panic but to get control of your breathing and to stay calm?
Passive External Rewarming
What is a procedure in our protocols that can be initiated for Mild Hypothermia?
Firefighters:(
Which rescuer are more likely to die from attempting ice rescues?
Get the patient out of the cold environment
What is the first "emergency care" to provide for a patient with an early local cold injury?
Transport without delay, protecting the frostbitten or frozen area by covering it and handling it as gently as possible.
What is an important step in initial emergency care for late or deep local cold injury?
10 in the 1-10-1 formula
What is 10 minutes of before you lose the effective us of arms and legs? Concentrate of self rescue.
Active External Rewarming
What is a patient care protocol that can be initiated for Moderate Hypthermia?
Elderly and patients with injuries, infection and alcohol use
Who suffer the effects of cold more immediately?
If the injury is to an extremity, splint and cover it. Do not rub or massage the area, and do not reexpose it to the cold.
What is a VERY important Emergency Care to provide if the local cold injury is to an extremity?
Do not attempt active rewarming of frozen parts
What is the KCEMS protocol for active rewarming of frostbite?
The last 1 in the 1-10-1 formula
What is the 1 hour you have before you could become unconscious due to hypothermia?
No patient is dead until they are Warm and Dead!
What is our protocol "Pearl" for termination of resuscitation?
Work as a team
What is one of the best courses of action for attempting a safe ice rescue?