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