How The Body Loses Heat
What happens when you breathe in cold air?
What is the cold air gets warmed up by your body before you breathe it out, and this causes heat to leave your body.
What is hypothermia?
What is when your body gets too cold and can't stay warm.
What is frostbite?
What is when your skin and body parts freeze because it's too cold outside.
What is the first thing you should do if you see someone with hypothermia?
What is call 911 to get help.
What are signs that someone has mild hypothermia?
What is shivering, normal breathing, and they might not pay much attention to you.
What is convection (wind chill)?
What is when cold air replaces the warm air around your body, and your body has to warm it up again.
Who is most at risk for getting hypothermia?
What is elderly people and babies are more at risk.
Which parts of the body freeze the most in frostbite? (name at least 2)
What are the fingers, toes, nose, and ears.
What should you do if someone has frostbite?
What is move them to a warm place and try to warm the frozen area gently.
What happens when someone has moderate hypothermia?
What is they might breathe slowly and become confused or clumsy.
How does touching something cold make you lose heat?
What is your body heat moves into the cold object you're touching.
What are the three stages of hypothermia?
What are mild, moderate, and severe.
What is the difference between superficial and deep frostbite?
What is superficial only freezes the skin, but deep frostbite can freeze the skin and even the tissues underneath.
How should you treat someone with hypothermia?
What is be gentle when treating them and make sure they stay warm.
What happens when someone has severe hypothermia?
What is they stop shivering, might not be awake, and their breathing might stop.
What is radiation?
What is heat leaving your body and spreading out into the air around you.
What should you avoid doing when helping someone with severe hypothermia?
What is you should avoid handling them roughly because it can cause their heart to stop.
What color does skin turn in deep frostbite?
What is it turns greyish-blue.
How can you warm up someone’s frozen fingers?
What is place them under warm parts on your body (ie. groin, armpits)
What does the skin look like with superficial frostbite?
What is the skin looks white and waxy and feels hard but soft underneath.
How does sweating help cool you down?
What is your body heat helps turn sweat into vapor, and that cools you down as it disappears.
What happens to someone’s breathing when they have severe hypothermia?
What is their breathing might stop, and they might stop shivering.
What should you do for someone with deep frostbite?
What is call 911 and keep the affected area warm, but don’t rub it or use direct heat.
How can you thaw a frozen part of the body if help isn’t nearby?
What is put the frozen part in warm water (not hot) until it turns pink.
What should you NOT do when treating frostbite?
What is do not rub the frozen area or use direct heat, like a heating pad, because it can make it worse.