HEAT / COLD EXPOSURE 1

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HEAT / COLD EXPOSURE 1

• HYPERTHERMIA
• HEAT EMERGENCIES
• HYPOTHERMIA
• COLD EMERGENCIES

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HYPERTHERMIA 2 EXPOSURE TO HEAT

• EXCESSIVE HEAT
• HIGH HUMIDITY
• LITTLE OR NO AIR MOVEMENT

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INTERNAL BODY HEAT 3

• RISES
• BLOOD VESSELS NEAR SKIN SURFACE DILATE
• RELEASES HEAT
• BODY PERSPIRES
• COOLS BODY AS IT EVAPORATES
• SOME HEAT LOST WHEN BREATHING (VERY SMALL AMOUNT)

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HEAT EXHAUSTION 4

• SKIN
• PALE
• CLAMMY HEAVY SWEATING
• PULSE
• WEAK
• RAPID
• PUPILS
• DILATED
• BREATHING
• RAPID
• SHALLOW
• TEMPERATURE
• NORMAL OR BELOW

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HEAT STROKE 5

• SKIN
• MOIST THEN BECOMES DRY
• RED AND VERY HOT
• PULSE
• RAPID / STRONG - WEAK LATE STAGES
• PUPILS
• CONSTRICTED
• BREATHING
• RAPID
• TEMPERATURE
• HIGH 103 OR HIGHER
• CONVULSIONS POSSIBLE COMA

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FIRST AID 6

• GET THEM COOLED DOWN
• APPLY COLD WET TOWELS
• SHOCK POSITION
• NORMAL FOR HEAT EXHAUSTION
• RAISE UPPER BODY IN HEAT STROKE
• IF CONSCIOUS SMALL AMOUNT OF WATER
• CALL EMS

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HYPOTHERMIA 7

• MODERATE TO EXTREME COLD
• WETNESS
• BREEZE
• EXHAUSTION

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SIGNS / SYMPTOMS 8

• SHIVERING
• SLURRED SPEECH
• MEMORY LAPSES / CONFUSION
• POOR MUSCLE CONTROL
• DROWSINESS
• BECOME EXHAUSTED
• LOSS OF CONSCIOUSNESS
• COMA

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FROSTBITE 9
DON'T RUB

• SUBMERGE IN WATER 100-105 DEGREES
• AT LEAST 20-30 MINUTES

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• CHECK YOUR OUTLINE FOR THE ASSIGNMENT

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