Chapter 35 Flashcards
Different ways the body loses heat
Conduction, convection, radiation, respiration, evaporation
Passive rewarming
Cover and remove wet clothes
Active rewarming
Apply external heat, only do if patient is alert
Hace
High altitude cerebral edema
Hape
High altitude pulmonary edema
Is headache a predisposition of hypothyroidism
No
Why should you rewarm the core first
To prevent blood from collecting at extremities due to vasodilation
Early/superficial local cold injury
mild form of cold-related damage to the skin and underlying tissues
Frostbite affected area FIRST appears
White and waxy
Why shouldn’t frostbite patient drink/smoke
Construction of blood vessels and decreased circulation
Hyperthermia happens in conditions of
High heat and humidity
What is skin like during heat exhaustion
Moist pale and normal or cool skin
Seizure is a common symptom of what
Heat emergency
10% of drowning victims die of
Lack of air
What is a symptom of ascending to fast
Blurred vision and convulsion
