Cold injuries
The two types of cold injuries.
What is hypothermia and frostbite?
The temperature at which the body goes into hypothermia.
What is 35°C and below?
The temperature at which tissues are prone to frostbite after exposure.
What is 0°C and below?
These should be given to the casualty if they have wet clothes.
What are dry clothes?
The casualty is given this treatment for both superficial and deep frostbite and will lead to a warmer casualty.
What is preventing further heat loss?
The state where the casualty is found in a cold place, unresponsive, and moves as a solid unit.
What is frozen state?
The three stages of hypothermia.
What are mild, moderate, and severe?
The two types of frostbite.
What are superficial and deep?
The first step in the treatment for hypothermia.
What are primary and secondary surveys?
Although the cause is from coldness, this should not be applied to the area affected.
The five ways to lose heat.
What are radiation, breathing, evaporation, conduction, and convection?
The two products that should not be given to a hypothermic casualty.
What is alcohol and caffeine?
The feeling of skin when superficial frostbite occurs.
What is firm to the touch but soft underneath?
The casualty must be in this state to be given drinks.
What is fully conscious?
If needed, the "thawing" of frozen parts can be done in water that is this temperature.
What is 40°C?
These four groups are more prone to cold injuries.
What are the elderly, infants, weakened people, and teens?
The type of hypothermia caused by a casualty in cold water.
What is immersion hypothermia?
The look of skin when deep frostbite occurs.
What is white and waxy, turning grey-ish blue?
Casualties should be handled lightly because of this.
This should be done before helping the casualty, specifically for yourself.