HEAT / COLD EXPOSURE 1 l HYPERTHERMIA l HEAT EMERGENCIES l HYPOTHERMIA l COLD EMERGENCIES.

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HEATHEAT // COLDCOLD EXPOSUREEXPOSURE 11

HYPERHYPERTHERMIATHERMIA HEATHEAT EMERGENCIES EMERGENCIES

HYPOHYPOTHERMIATHERMIA COLDCOLD EMERGENCIES EMERGENCIES

HYPERHYPERTHERMIATHERMIA 22 EXPOSURE TO HEATEXPOSURE TO HEAT

EXCESSIVE HEATEXCESSIVE HEAT HIGH HUMIDITYHIGH HUMIDITY LITTLE OR NO AIR MOVEMENTLITTLE OR NO AIR MOVEMENT

INTERNAL BODY HEAT:INTERNAL BODY HEAT: 3

RISESRISES BLOOD VESSELS NEAR SKIN BLOOD VESSELS NEAR SKIN

SURFACE DILATE SURFACE DILATE RELEASES HEATRELEASES HEAT

BODY PERSPIRESBODY PERSPIRES COOLS BODY AS IT EVAPORATESCOOLS BODY AS IT EVAPORATES

SOME HEAT LOST WHEN BREATHING SOME HEAT LOST WHEN BREATHING (VERY SMALL AMOUNT)(VERY SMALL AMOUNT)

HEAT EXHAUSTIONHEAT EXHAUSTION 4 SKINSKIN

PALEPALE CLAMMY & HEAVY SWEATING CLAMMY & HEAVY SWEATING

PULSEPULSE WEAKWEAK RAPIDRAPID

PUPILSPUPILS DILATEDDILATED

BREATHINGBREATHING RAPIDRAPID SHALLOWSHALLOW

TEMPERATURETEMPERATURE NORMAL OR BELOWNORMAL OR BELOW

HEAT STROKEHEAT STROKE 5 SKINSKIN

MOIST THEN BECOMES DRY MOIST THEN BECOMES DRY RED AND VERY HOT AND VERY HOT

PULSEPULSE RAPID / STRONG - WEAK LATE STAGESRAPID / STRONG - WEAK LATE STAGES

PUPILSPUPILS CONSTRICTEDCONSTRICTED

BREATHINGBREATHING RAPIDRAPID

TEMPERATURETEMPERATURE HIGH 103 OR HIGHERHIGH 103 OR HIGHER

CONVULSIONS POSSIBLE COMACONVULSIONS POSSIBLE COMA

FIRST AIDFIRST AID 6

GET THEM COOLED DOWNGET THEM COOLED DOWN APPLY COLD WET TOWELSAPPLY COLD WET TOWELS SHOCK POSITION:SHOCK POSITION:

NORMAL FOR HEAT EXHAUSTIONNORMAL FOR HEAT EXHAUSTION RAISE UPPER BODY IN HEAT STROKERAISE UPPER BODY IN HEAT STROKE

IF CONSCIOUS SMALL AMOUNT OF IF CONSCIOUS SMALL AMOUNT OF WATERWATER

CALL EMSCALL EMS

HYPOHYPOTHERMIATHERMIA 7

MODERATE TO EXTREME COLDMODERATE TO EXTREME COLD WETNESSWETNESS BREEZEBREEZE EXHAUSTIONEXHAUSTION

SIGNS / SYMPTOMSSIGNS / SYMPTOMS 8

SHIVERINGSHIVERING SLURRED SPEECHSLURRED SPEECH MEMORY LAPSES / CONFUSIONMEMORY LAPSES / CONFUSION POOR MUSCLE CONTROLPOOR MUSCLE CONTROL DROWSINESSDROWSINESS BECOME EXHAUSTEDBECOME EXHAUSTED LOSS OF CONSCIOUSNESSLOSS OF CONSCIOUSNESS COMACOMA

FROSTBITEFROSTBITE 9

SUBMERGE IN WATER 100-105 SUBMERGE IN WATER 100-105 DEGREESDEGREES

AT LEAST 20-30 MINUTESAT LEAST 20-30 MINUTES

DON'T RUBDON'T RUB

CHECK YOUR OUTLINE FOR THE ASSIGNMENT