Heat Loss

Question 0

What type of heat loss can occur during birth or bathing from moisture on skin, as a result of wet linens or clothes and from insensible water loss?

Answer 0

Evaporation

Question 1

What are the four methods of heat loss?

Answer 1

Evaporation, Conduction, Convection, & Radiation

Question 2

This type of heat loss occurs when the infant comes in contact with cold objects or surfaces such as a scale, a circumcision restraint board, cold hands, or a stethoscope.

Answer 2

Conduction

Question 3

What type of heat loss occurs when drafts come from open doors, air-conditioning, or air currents created by people moving.

Answer 3

Convection

Question 4

This type of loss is the transfer of heat to cool the objects that are not in direct contact with the infant.

Answer 4

Radiation