BLS 1 Flashcards
are health crises caused by exposure to hot weather and sun.
Heat emergencies or ilnesses
Painful involuntary muscle cramps that can occur during and after exercise.
Heat cramps
Occurs in conditions of extreme heat and excessive sweating without adequate fluid.
Heat exhaustion
When the body becomes unable to control its temperature
Heat stroke
Painful cramps, especially in the legs
Flushed, moist skin.
Heat cramps
Heavy sweating
Paleness
Muscle cramps
Tiredness and weakness
Dizziness
Headache
Nausea or vomiting
Fainting
Coll, moist skin
Fast , weak pulse
Heat exhaustion
Strange behavior, headache, dizziness, confusion, disorientation, coma
High body temperature
Absence of sweating
Red, hot, dry and flushed skin
Rapid pulse and DOB
Nausea, vomiting, fatigue and weakness
Heat stroke
Partial or complete loss of consciousness resulting from a temporary reduction of blood flow to the brain
Fainting
Emotional Stress
Pain
Medical Condition
Standing for long period of time
Pregnant women and Elderly
Fainting
An illness in which certain substances or conditions that will trigger and cause inflammation, constriction and making breathing difficult
Asthma attack
An allergic reaction caused by the over activity of the immune system against specific antigens
A severe, potentially life-threatening allergic reaction
Anaphylaxis
is a sudden attack of physicalmanifestations or changes in behavior that occur after anepisode of abnormal electrical activity in the brain. It is oftenused interchangeably with “convulsions”.
Seizure
Muscles in the body become stiff.
Tonic
Muscles in the body relax.
Atonic
pjerking in parts of the body.
Myoclonic
