HEAT EMERGENCIES
This heat-related illness results primarily from dehydration caused by heavy sweating and inadequate fluid replacement
What is heat exhaustion?
Hypothermia occurs when the core body temperature drops below this temperature.
What is 95°F (35°C)?
These snakes have a heat-sensing pit between the eye and nostril.
What are pit vipers?
This type of paralysis can occur temporarily after a lightning strike.
What is keraunoparalysis?
This medication is commonly used to prevent altitude sickness but requires allergy assessment because it is a sulfa drug.
What is acetazolamide?
This is the life-threatening heat emergency associated with temperatures above 104°F and mental status changes.
What is heat stroke?
This superficial cold injury causes numbness and pale skin but no permanent tissue damage.
What is frostnip?
This medication should be administered immediately for anaphylaxis from a bee sting.
What is epinephrine?
These fern-like skin markings are associated with lightning injuries.
What are Lichtenberg figures?
This severe altitude illness involves cerebral edema and ataxia.
What is High Altitude Cerebral Edema (HACE)?
These patients are at particularly high risk for heat-related illness because of decreased thermoregulation.
Who are older adults?
This type of clothing should be avoided in cold weather because it traps moisture.
What is cotton clothing?
This is the most significant risk after a neurotoxic snakebite.
What is airway compromise and respiratory failure?
This is the leading cause of accidental death related to water emergencies in the U.S.
What is drowning?
This severe altitude illness causes pulmonary edema and pink frothy sputum.
What is High Altitude Pulmonary Edema (HAPE)?
This type of heat stroke occurs suddenly during strenuous physical activity in hot conditions.
What is exertional heat stroke?
In hypothermia, patients should be handled gently to prevent this lethal dysrhythmia.
What is ventricular fibrillation?
Ticks are important because they can transmit diseases such as this one.
What is Lyme disease?
During drowning rescue, patients should be handled gently to prevent this dysrhythmia.
What is ventricular fibrillation?
The most important treatment for altitude sickness is this intervention.
What is descending to a lower altitude?
A patient with confusion, bizarre behavior, seizures, and a temperature of 105°F should be suspected of having this condition.
What is heat stroke?
This frostbite grade includes necrosis extending to muscle and bone.
What is Grade 4 frostbite?
This organization should be contacted for antivenin guidance after a serious snakebite.
What is Poison Control?
This is the priority intervention for an unresponsive lightning strike victim.
What is CPR and airway management?
A patient with crackles, cyanosis, tachypnea at rest, and pink frothy sputum is most likely experiencing this condition.
What is HAPE?