Module 11b Flashcards
The body‘s natural protective mechanisms against heat loss are…
Vasoconstriction and shivering
When assessing a hypothermic patient, you should palpate for a carotid pulse for approximately… Seconds before determining that he or she is pulseless.
30 to 45
Heat stroke occurs when…
The bodies heat eliminating mechanisms are overwhelmed
The venom of a brown recluse spider is cytotoxic, meaning that it…
Causes severe local tissue damage
Geriatric patients, newborns, and infants are especially prone to hyperthermia because they…
Exhibit poor thermoregulation
While drinking beer with his friends near a creek, a 31-year-old male was bitten on the leg by an unidentified snake. This patient is conscious and alert and in no apparent distress. Your assessment of his leg reveals to small puncture marks with minimal pain and swelling. In addition to administering oxygen and providing reassurance, further care for this patient should include…
Supine positioning, splitting the leg, and transporting
You and your partner are standing by at a large social event at a river resort when a frantic woman tells you that she found a young male floating face down in the water. Nobody claims to witness the event. After you and your partner enter the water and reach the patient, you should…
Move him as a unit into a supine position
A persons ability to shiver is lost when his or her body temperature falls below…
90°F
An air embolism associated with diving occurs when…
The diver holds his or her breath during a rapid ascent
All of the following snakes are pit vipers, except for the…
Coral snake
Which of the following is an early sign of pit viper envenomation?
Local swelling and ecchymosis
The body’s natural cooling mechanism, in which sweat is converted to a gas, is called…
Evaporation
Most of the serious injuries associated with scuba diving are caused by…
Too rapid of an ascent
Drowning is most accurately defined as…
Death from suffocation after submersion in water
The two most efficient ways for the body to eliminate excess heat are…
Sweating and vessel dilation
Hypothermia occurs when the core body temperature falls below…
95°F
High humidity reduces the body’s ability to lose heat through…
Evaporation
The EMT-B must assume that any unwitnessed water related incident is accompanied by…
A possible spinal injury
The most prominent symptom of decompression sickness is…
Abdominal or joint pain
To assess a patient’s general temperature, pull back your glove and place the back of your hand on his or her skin at the…
Abdomen
High air temperature reduces the body’s ability to lose heat by…
Radiation
Shivering is a mechanism in which the body generates heat by…
Increasing the metabolic rate
Hyper thermia is most accurately defined as a condition in which…
The body is exposed to more heat than it can lose
The venom of a black widow spider is toxic to the…
Nervous system
When a warm hand is immersed in water that is 70°F, heat is transferred from the hand to the water through a process called…
Conduction
