Cold Related Emergencies
What Sign would you observe earliest in a a patient with hypothermia?
Shivering
The most serious of the types of heat-related illnesses is:
Heatstroke
A poison made by a living creature, including plants and animals, is a_____?
A toxin
The height or vertical elevation above a fixed point is known as:
Altitude
What is defined as the process of respiratory impairment caused by submersion or immersion in a liquid?
Drowning
The continued drop in core body temperature after removal from exposure to the cold is known as:
Afterdrop
The process of maintaining normal body temperature is:
Thermoregulation
What is the most important step in the management of a snake bite?
Scene safety
In an otherwise healthy individual, the presence of a headache and feelings of sickness at high altitude is known as:
Acute mountain sickness (AMS)
The final event in the series of events in drowning is:
Cardiac arrest.
Hypothermia is an abnormally low body temperature, clinically defined as a body temperatature below ________.
*according to the AHA
35°C (95°F)
What is the minimum body temperature of a patient for a diagnosis of heat exhaustion?
101° F
Marine life can cause varying degrees of injury and illness. Which marine creatures can cause respiratory failure and cardiovascular collapse in humans?
Jellyfish
In order to assess for a key symptom of HACE (high altitude cerebral edema), you would ask patients to:
Walk a straight line heel to toe
Trauma from a dive injury that results in tissue damage within any air-filled structure of the body is called:
Barotrauma
What is an OECs major concern with avalanche burial, besides hypothermia?
Asphyxiation
Treatment of all heat related emergencies should include:
Moving the patient to a cooler location
Plants most commonly cause toxic reactions through which of the two routes of absorption?
Ingestion and topical contact
Labored breathing at rest and audible chest congestion herald the development of a serious, potentially life-threatening stage of what altitude-related condition?
High Altitude Pulmonary Edema (HAPE)
Patients with arterial gas embolism or decompression sickness should be transported by ground to a facility that has a:
Hyperbaric chamber
Secondary hypothermia occurs with systemic disorders and is frequently associated with ______ patients
Injured or critically ill
Heatstroke is a life-threatening emergency identified by:
1) a decresed ____________.
2) a core body temperature greater than __________.
Level of responsiveness, 104° F (40° C)
Which fungi groups is included in the three main groups of mushrooms that are dangerous to humans?
False morels, little brown mushrooms, amanitas
Fun fact: amanitas acount for 90% of mushroom related deaths
What is the most effective way tio prevent altitude sickness?
Gradual ascent
When submerged in extremely cold water, the ________ helps to temporarily protect the heart and brain
Mammalian diving reflex