Test 2 Flashcards
represents the energy needed of a person at rest.
BMR
transfer of heat between two objects without physical contact. Example: During surgery a patient losing heat in the cool environment of the operating room
Radiation
Transfer of heat from one object to another with direct contact. Example: warm skin touches cooler object
Conduction
The transfer of heat away from the body by air movement. Example: A Fan
Convection
Transfer of heat energy when a liquid is changed to gas. Example: Happens on skin and in lungs
Evaporation
visual evident perspiration
Diaphoresis
Signs and Symptoms Include: Giddiness, confusion, delirium, excess thirst, nausea, muscle cramps, visual disturbances, and even incontinence. most important factor hot, dry skin.
Heat stroke
oral and rectal temperture
More accurate, inner heat sites.
Varies between 96.8-100.4
Normal Temperature Range
An elevated body temperature related to a body’s inability to promote heat loss or reduce heat production.
Hyperthermia
heat loss during prolonged exposure to cold overwhelms the body’s ability to produce heat
Hypothermia
A constant body temperature continuously above 100.4 that demonstrates little flucuation
Sustained
Fever spikes mixed with usual temperature levels; temperature returns to acceptable value at least once in 24 hours
Intermittent
Fever spikes and falls without return to acceptable temperature levels.
Remittent
Periods of febrile episodes mixed with acceptable temperatures values
Relapsing
A palpable bounding of the blood flow in a peripheral artery
Pulse