Heat Related Emergencies
True or False: Heat stroke and heat exhaustion are interchangeable.
False
Heat Exhaustion: Moist, cool skin, cramps, weakness, dizziness, normal to elevated temperature, nausea c)
Heat Stroke: Hot, dry skin (25% of patients will still be moist), seizures, altered mental status, dilated pupils, rapid heart rate, or arrhythmia
True or False: All near drowning victims should be transported even if they appear uninjured or recovered.
True
What is the best way to differentiate a 1st degree burn from a 2nd degree burn?
Blistering
What is the difference between a suffix and a prefix?
A suffix occurs after a root word while a prefix is placed before a root word.
You are dispatched to a 37-year-old male who fell into his pool. In what position should you place your patient in the water?
What is the best position to place a patient in during a heat stroke?
Semi-Fowlers Position
Abdominal thrusts are contraindicated, unless the patient has a...
Foreign Body Airway Obstruction
True or False: All burns are to be treating with damp/moist dressing.
False
No 3rd degree burns are treated with moist dressing.
Using knowledge of medical terminology, describe the meaning of "quadriplegic".
Paralysis of all four extremities
You are dispatched to a 57-year-old female showing signs and symptoms of heatstroke. True or False: it would further injure the patient by placing her in an ice bath.
False
True or False: Having a higher blood pressure increases your risk for a heat-related injuries.
True
When treating a patient in a drowning scenario, an EMT should be prepared to identify and prevent hyperthermia or hypothermia?
Hypothermia
A 25-year-old male has a non-circumferential 2nd degree burn on his left arm and the abdomen. According to the rule of nines, what percent of his body was injured?
22.5%
A fracture of the humerus just above the elbow would be described as...
Distal Humerus Fracture
You are dispatched to a 54-year-old male on a hiking trail. When you arrive and do your skin assessment, he is moist, wet, and sweating. What do you suspect he is suffering from?
Heat stroke
List the two most effective ways the body is able to decrease body heat.
Sweating and dilation of blood vessels
List three possible signs/symptoms of a near-drowning.
Altered level of consciousness, dyspnea, cyanosis, vomiting, seizures, cardiopulmonary arrest
What are the five types of thermal burns?
Flame burn, Scald burn, Contact burn, Steam burn, Flash burn
What is it called when a person jumping into cold water experiences bradycardia and possible loss of consciousness?
Diving reflex
You are dispatched to a 19-year-old female who was in a diving emergency. She is rescued by a water team and now you are there to assess her. During your primary assessment, what are the three things you should pay particular attention to?
Chest pain, dyspnea, and complaints related to sensory changes
At what point do you need to contact medical to control for someone who has heat cramps?
If you are uncertain that the patients’ cramps were caused by the heat or you note anything out of the ordinary.
What diving-related problems that are most rarely seen in the field?
Problems related to the most bottom point of the dive.
What are two ways one could identify an airway burn?
Hoarse Voice and Sooty Sputum
What anatomic term is synonymous with the word "posterior"?
Dorsal
You are dispatched to a 47-year-old male on the Potomac river who jumped off the rocks. You notice that he appears to be drowning. What are the four, one-worded, types of water rescue you could use?
Reach, Throw, Row, Go