Symptoms
What are the symptoms of heat exhaustion?
a. Dizziness, Weakness, Vomiting
b. Cramps, fading vision, fainting
c. Bone soreness, loss of fluids, fainting
a. Dizziness, Weakness, Vomiting
Other symptoms include:
Heavy sweating, fatigue, thirst, nausea, and headaches.
How do you respond to heat stroke?
a. Cool the guest at all costs (Spray the person with water, use ice packs, cover the person with cool damp sheets, etc)
b. Hydrate the guest at all costs (Electrolytes, water, oxygen), and call 911
c. Slap them across the face
a. Cool the guest at all costs (Spray the person with water, use ice packs, cover the person with cool damp sheets, etc)
Since a person usually having a stroke is unconcious and has an unbelievably high body temperature because they can't sweat, so cooling them off is a priority.
Which is the most dangerous kind of heat emergency?
a. Heat stroke
b. Heat cramps
c. Heat exhaustion
First group to answer gets points
Heat stroke
Heat exhaustion and heat cramps are rarely fatal, and can generally solved through a basic response mechanism; Hydration and rest, but heat strokes are quite dangerous because the guest loses control of their body and falls completely unconscious.
Heat exhaustion fatality: 0.5%
Heat cramps: 0%
Heat stroke: 3-5% (If not reacted to quickly, very fatal)
What are the symptoms of heat cramps?
a. Sudden, painful muscle cramps most often in the calf or hamstring
b. Sudden, painful muscle cramps most often in the upper body (Chest, arms)
c. Heart Attack
a. Sudden painful muscle cramps most often found in the calf or hamstring
These cramps are most often caused as a result of dehydration and loss of nutrients like salt.
How do you respond to heat cramps?
a. Make the guest sit down, massage the guest's cramping muscles quickly and firmly to improve blood flow, hydrate the guest with water or an electrolyte drink
b. Slap them across the face
c. Make them stop any activity, stretch the muscle where the cramp happened, hydrate the guest
b. Slap them across the face
(Just kidding, the answer is a)
Why do people have heat strokes?
a. Because their body sweat systems are failing
b. Because they stood in the heat for too long, their body was sweating too much, and they were extremely dehydrated
c. Because they lost too many bodily fluids (Throwing up, sweating, peeing, etc)
a. Because their body sweat systems are failing
Heat strokes occur when the body can no longer control its temperature: the body's temperature rises rapidly, the sweating mechanism fails, and the body is unable to cool down.
What are the symptoms of a heat stroke?
a. Hot red skin, little to no sweating, seizures
b. High temperature, dizziness, vomiting
c. Confusion, angery, discomfort, overall distress
a. Hot red skin, little to no sweating, seizures
Other symptoms include:
High body temperature (Over 104 degrees Fahrenheit, or 40 Celsius), confusion, loss of consciousness, and cardiac arrest
How do you respond to heat exhaustion?
a. Rest the guest in a cool environment, provide water or a sports drink, use water stroke towel
b. Keep the guest calm, call 911, use ice packs on them
c. Cool the guest off with ice packs, try to get the guest to sleep or rest
a. Rest the guest in a cool environment, provide water or a sports drink, use water stroke towel
(Care for heat exhaustion is aimed at cooling the body and replacing lost water and electrolytes)
What are the three types of heat emergencies?
a. Fainting, high pulse/heart attack, muscle cramps
b. Stroke, cramps, exhaustion
c. Full body spasms, exhaustion, blood circulation
b. Stroke, cramps, exhaustion