Hypothermia
32-35 degrees Centigrade
What is mild hypothermia?
Ice crystals in the tissue
What is the definition of frostbite?
American Pickers
What is Dr. Bigham's favorite TV show
sudden loss of brain function
What is a stroke?
Bob Seger
Who is Nigh"s favorite rock star?
Skin erythema, edema, and warmth
What is cellulitis
Secured, cuffed tube, placed in the trachea
What are some of the attributes of a definitive airway?
ruptured tympanic membranes and pneumothorax
What are examples of barotrauma?
Loss of the ability to shiver
What is at least moderate hypothermia?
Alcohol, drugs, tobacco, and vasculitis
What are some predisposing causes of frostbite?
Most common cancer in the United States
What is basal cell cancer?
Facial droop, arm drift and slurred speech
What are three screening examinations for the presence of stroke?
Ground currents
What is the most common type of lightning strike?
Furuncle
What is an infection of a skin follicle?
Mallampati Score
What is a system to estimate difficulty in intubating a patient?
Unconscious diver at the surface
What is the usual presentation of a diver with an arterial gas embolism?
Transfer of heat due to currents of air or water
What is convection?
Involved skin has hemorrhagic fluid in vesicles and bulla
What is at least 3rd degree frostbite?
3rd most common cancer in the US
What is squamous cell cancer?
Biographies
What are Dr. Bigham's favorite types of books?
Most common rhythm disturbance with a lightning strike
What is asystole?
Drumming
What is Dr. Bigham's unknown talent?
Macintosh
What is a curved laryngoscope blade?
Joint and skin pains
what are symptoms of decompression sickness?
Requires active rewarming
What is moderate and severe hypothermia?
Warm water bath
What is the preferred treatment for frostbite?
The Big Lebowski
What is Nigh's favorite movie?
Left atrium, left ventricular wall, valvular lesions
What are the sources of emboli in embolic strokes?
Keraunoparalysis
What is the type of paralysis (cold clammy extremities) due to ANS dysfunction associated with lightning strikes?
MSSA
What is methicillin-sensitive staph aureus?
contraindicated in a patient with a gag reflex
What is an oropharyngeal airway?
No faster than your bubbles
What is the correct rate of ascent after a dive?
Osborn waves
What are deflections seen at the J point on an EKG and secondary to severe hypothermia?
Molly
What is Nigh's dog named?
ABCDE
What are the characteristics of a melanoma?
A; asymmetrical
B; border irregularity
C; color variation
D; diameter > 6mm
E; evolving
Hypertension, amyloid angiopathy and trauma
What are causes of hemorrhagic stroke?
Blood in the anterior chamber of the eye
What is a hyphema?
Pain out of proportions to the findings
What is a symptom of a necrotizing soft tissue infection?
The best proof of intubation
What is end-tidal CO2?
66 feet
What is the depth at which three ATAs are present?