environmental

Question 1

late effects of trench foot

Answer 1

hyperhidrosis and cold sensitivity

Question 2

coral snakes venom, neurotoxin

Answer 2

elapidae

Question 3

centuroides

Answer 3

bark scorpions

Question 4

crotalidae

Answer 4

pit vipers, coagulopathy

Question 5

time frame for air embolism to occur

Answer 5

0-10 min after surfacing

Question 6

tx for black widow bite/symptoms

Answer 6

benzos and opiates

Question 7

heat stroke lab changes

Answer 7

LFTs up

Question 8

stroke after re-surfacing

Answer 8

air embolism

Question 9

vertigo during underwater descent

Answer 9

barotitis

Question 10

symptoms of heat exhaustion are due to

Answer 10

dehydration and hyponatremia rather than core temp

Question 11

correlates most strongly with high dose radiation exposure

Answer 11

vomiting within 2 hours

Question 12

human bite, penicillin allergy, what antibiotic

Answer 12

-floxacins

Question 13

how to decrease risk of arterial gas embolism when diving

Answer 13

exhalation on ascent

Question 14

what determines the degree of pulmonary insult in drowning victim

Answer 14

amount of fluid aspirated

Question 15

HAPE biophys reason

Answer 15

hypoxic vasoconstriction of pulmonary vessels, leading to elevated pulmonary pressures and resultant endothelial damage and pulmonary edema

Question 16

barracuda, grouper, sea bass

Answer 16

ciguatera