Enviromental Emerg. Word Scramble
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| Question | Answer |
| What is Thermoregiulation? | Mechanism used to maintain body temperature |
| What are Ectotherms? | Animals that depend on external enviroment for heat |
| What are Endotherms? | Animals that use thermoregulation to maintain temp |
| What gland is used to regulate heat? | Hypothalmus |
| What is an example of evaporation? | Sweating |
| What is Radiation? | Heat from body released into surrounding air |
| What is Convection? | When cooler air surrounds the surface |
| What is Conduction? | When heat is transferred by direct contact with a cooler object |
| What is dehydration? | Lack of fluid in the body |
| What is Hypothermia? | When the body loses heat faster than is can produce it |
| What is Mild hypothermia? | 34 - 35.9 |
| What is Moderate hypothermia? | 30 - 33.9 |
| What is Severe hypothermia? | <30 |
| Frostbite is a type of what? | Burn |
| What are the types of rewarming? | Passive - moving pt to dry/warm area Active External - Direct heat to skin |
| What is Hyperthermia? | When the body is to hot - >40 |
| What is Heat Stroke? | When the body can no longer control its temp - no sweating - rapid rise in temp |
| What is Heat Exhaustion? | Body response to excessive sweating |
| What is Drowning? | Type of suffocation |
| What are the stages of Drowning? | 1.Fight/Flight 2.Airway close/Breathing stops 3.Body enters hypoxic convulsion 4.Cerebral convulsion |
| What are the types of Drowning? | 1.Near 2.Dry 3.Freshwater 4.Saltwater 5.Secondary |
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