Why is it so HOT
A core body temperature of ______ or greater is called hyperthermia.
What is 101°F?
Hypothermia occurs when the body’s core temperature falls below
What is 95°F (35°C)?
The process of experiencing respiratory impairment from submersion or immersion in liquid
What is drowning?
High-altitude cerebral edema (HACE) occurs above altitude.
What is above 8,000 FT
Convection, Conduction, Evaporation, Radiation and Respiration.
What are the 5 ways for the body to loose heat?
Painful muscle spasms after vigorous exercise are commonly called these
What are heat cramps?
EMTs should never do this to frostbitten tissue because it causes additional tissue damage
What is rub or massage the area?
The basic water-rescue sequence is “reach, throw, row,” and then this
What is go?
Definitive treatment for decompression sickness and air embolism includes this specialized treatment
What is recompression in a hyperbaric chamber?
Infants don’t develop the ability to shiver until the
What is 12-18 months?
The most common heat emergency, often associated with heavy sweating, fluid loss, weakness, dizziness, and cool clammy skin
What is heat exhaustion?
For a cold patient with weak or absent signs of circulation, EMTs may palpate for up to this long before deciding that no pulse is present
What is 60 seconds?
DOUBLE OR NOTHING
The most common and most dangerous scuba emergency, often caused by holding one’s breath during rapid ascent
What is an air embolism?
Severe joint or abdominal pain that makes a diver “double up” is a classic sign of this condition
What is decompression sickness?
Rattlesnakes, copperheads, and cottonmouths are members of this venomous snake group
What are pit vipers?
The most serious heat illness, characterized by failed thermoregulation, no sweating and altered mental status
What is heatstroke?
A local cold injury in which the tissues are actually frozen
What is frostbite?
The cold-water response that slows the heart rate and may help protect vital organs is called this
What is diving reflex?
The two spiders in the United States most associated with serious, potentially life-threatening bites
What are the black widow and brown recluse spiders?
Severe hypothermia occurs below this temp
What is 82.4°F
High humidity worsens heat stress because it limits this cooling mechanism
What is evaporation of sweat?
Rewarming is avoided in the field if this could happen before the patient reaches definitive care
What is refreezing of the injured part?
The first link in the drowning chain of survival
What is prevention?
The brown recluse venom causes this type of injury, characterized by severe local tissue destruction
What is a cytotoxic injury?
Where is the only hyperbaric chamber in this region
What is Blake Hospital?