Snakes, Spiders, and bugs OH MY!!!
Glossy black color and neurotoxic.
What is a Black Widow?
Core Temperature, usually 101 degrees or higher.
What is Hyperthermia?
Core temperature falls below 95 degrees.
What is Hypothermia?
Caused from an allergy
What is Anaphylaxis?
The loss of heat by direct contact.
What is Conduction?
Dull brown and cytotoxic.
What is the Brown Recluse
Painful muscle spasms that occur after vigorous exercize.
What is Heat Cramps?
Identified by the hard, frozen feel of the affected tissues.
What is Frostbite?
Conditions that cause blood or fluid loss.
What is Hypovolemia?
The loss of body heat cause by air movement.
What is Convection?
Nevada is home to 5 _______ Species
What is the Rattlesnake
What is Heat Exhaustion?
Prolonged exposure to the cold, the skin may be freezing while the deeper tissues are unaffected.
What is Frostnip?
The_______position involves the patient being placed with their head down and feet up.
What is Trendelenburg?
Conversion of water or another fluid from a liquid to a gas.
What is Evaporation?
Found most often on brush, shrubs, trees,sand dunes, and other animals.
What is the Tick?
Hot, Dry, Flushed skin, ALOC, Lack of Sweating.
What is Heatstroke?
Prolonged exposure to cold water. Common in hikers or hunters.
What is Immersion foot (trench foot)?
Occurs early while the body is still able to compensate.
What is Compensated Shock?
Transfer of heat to colder objects.
What is Radiation?
Hymenoptera Stings
What is the Bee, Wasp, Ant, and Yellow Jacket?
Long-term exposure to UV light. Occurs within as little at 30 minutes.
What is a Sunburn?
Permanent cell death, can occur when tissue is frozen and certain chemical changes occur in the cells.
What is Gangrene?
When the body is no longer able to maintain a high enough blood pressure for the body to function properly.
What is Decompensated Shock?
The loss of body heat as warm air in the lungs is exhaled into atmosphere and cooler air in inhaled.
What is Respiration?