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| 3367470439 | ________ is the transfer of heat from one material to another through direct contact | Conduction | 0 | |
| 3367470440 | _____ _____ is chilling caused by conduction of heat from the body when the body or clothing is wet | Water chill | 1 | |
| 3367470441 | Water conducts heat away from the body ___ times faster than still air | 25 | 2 | |
| 3367470442 | _______ is carrying away of heat by currents of air, water, or other gases or liquids | Convection | 3 | |
| 3367470443 | _____ _____ is chilling caused by convection of heat from the body in the presence of air currents | Wind chill | 4 | |
| 3367470444 | ________ is sending out energy, such as heat, in waves into space | Radiation | 5 | |
| 3367470445 | _________ is the change from liquid to gas. When the body perspires or gets wet, evaporation of the perspiration or other liquid into the air has a cooling effect on the body | Evaporation | 6 | |
| 3367470446 | _________ is breathing. During breathing, body heat is lost as warm air is exhaled from the body | Respiration | 7 | |
| 3367470447 | ________ is generalized cooling that reduces body temperature below normal, which is a life-threatening condition in its extreme | Hypothermia | 8 | |
| 3367470448 | Between ___-___ degrees, expect shivering to occur | 96-99 | 9 | |
| 3367470449 | Between ___-___ degrees, expect intense shivering and difficulty speaking | 91-95 | 10 | |
| 3367470450 | Between ___-___ degrees, expect shivering to decrease and be replaced by muscular rigidity | 90-86 | 11 | |
| 3367470451 | Between ___-___ degrees, expect the patient to become irrational, lose contact with the environment, and drift into a stuporous state | 81- 85 | 12 | |
| 3367470452 | Between ___-___ degrees, expect the patient to lose consciousness and not respond to verbal stimuli | 78-80 | 13 | |
| 3367470453 | Patients in _______, with ______, head and spinal cord injuries, infection, diabetes, and under the influence of ______ or ______ are more at risk of hypothermia | Shock, burns, drugs or alcohol | 14 | |
| 3367470454 | The greatest area of heat loss in the body is the ______ | Head | 15 | |
| 3367470455 | A pulse should be checked in hypothermic patients for at least ___-___ secs | 30-45 secs | 16 | |
| 3367470456 | ________ rewarming allows the body to rewarm itself | Passive | 17 | |
| 3367470457 | ________ rewarming is the application of an external heat source to rewarm the body of a hypothermic patient | Active | 18 | |
| 3367470458 | ________ rewarming is the application of heat to the lateral chest, neck, armpits, and groin of a hypothermic patient | Central | 19 | |
| 3367470459 | Rough handling of a hypothermic patient can result in _______ _______ | Ventricular fibrillation | 20 | |
| 3367470460 | In cases of extreme hypothermia, you will find the patient unconscious with no discernible vital signs. The H/R can slow to less than ___ beats/min, and the patient will feel cold to the touch. Patient could still be alive | 10 | 21 | |
| 3367470462 | ______ ______ is cooling or freezing of particular parts of the body. | Local cooling | 22 | |
| 3367470463 | The most severe cases of local cooling result in _______ (localized tissue death), resulting in a dead white color of skin | Gangrene | 23 | |
| 3367470464 | Before warming a frozen body part, ensure to remove ______ | Jewelry | 24 | |
| 3367470465 | ______ is a good indicator of successful rewarming | Pain | 25 | |
| 3367470466 | ________ is an increase in body temperature above normal, which is a life-threatening condition | Hyperthermia | 26 | |
| 3367470467 | When humidity is high, the evaporation of perspiration ______ | Slows | 27 | |
| 3367470468 | Prolonged exposure to excessive heat can create an emergency in which the patient presents with ____, ____ skin that may feel normal or cool to the touch, a condition known as heat _______ | moist, pale skin. Exhaustion | 28 | |
| 3367470469 | When the body loses salts and brings on painful muscle cramps, the condition is called ____ _______ | heat cramps | 29 | |
| 3367470470 | The first step in emergency care for patients with heat conditions is to _______ them from the hot environment | Remove | 30 | |
| 3367470471 | When a heat emergency patient presents with hot skin, whether dry or moist, it is known as ___ ______. Starts when the patient stops sweating | Heat Stroke | 31 | |
| 3367470472 | _________ is the process of experiencing respiratory impairment from submersion/immersion in liquid. Outcomes are classified as death, morbidity, and no morbidity | Drowning | 32 | |
| 3367470473 | _______ means the patient experiences illness or other adverse effects, such as unconsciousness or pnemonia | Morbidity | 33 | |
| 3367470474 | Some patients who drown in cold water can be resuscitated after ___ mins or more in cardiac arrest | 30 mins | 34 | |
| 3367470475 | _______ _______ is a condition resulting from nitrogen trapped in the body's tissues, caused by coming up too quickly from a deep, prolonged dive. A symptom is "the bends" or deep pain in the muscles and joints | Decompression sickness | 35 | |
| 3367470476 | ____ percent of decompression sickness cases occur within 3 hours of the dive | 90 | 36 | |
| 3367470477 | The risk of decompression sickness is increased if divers fly within ___ hours of a dive | 12 | 37 | |
| 3367470478 | The order of water rescue is: ______, ______ and tow, _____, and ____ | Reach, throw and tow, row, and go | 38 | |
| 3367470479 | _______ are substances produced by animals or plants that are poisonous to humans | Toxins | 39 | |
| 3367470480 | _______ is a toxin produced by certain animals such as snakes, spiders, and some marine life | Venom | 40 | |
| 3367470481 | _____ ______ spider bites are painless, and patients seldom recall being bitten. Bite results in severe localized tissue damage | Brown recluse | 41 | |
| 3367470482 | _____ _____ and _____ snakes are the poisonous snakes in the U.S. | Pit vipers and coral | 42 | |
| 3367470483 | A p______ i_______ b_______ may be the most effective technique to slow the spread of venom after as snakebite | Pressure immobilization bandage | 43 | |
| 3367470484 | The purpose of the pressure immobilization bandage is to restrict the flow of the ______, not the blood | Lymph | 44 | |
| 3367470485 | Rinsing site of the sting from marine life with _______ will reduce pain to the sting | Vinegar | 45 | |
| 3367470486 | After a sting site has been rinsed with vinegar to inactivate the venom, immersion of the site in hot but nonscalding water (maximum ____ degrees) may further reduce the pain | 113 | 46 | |
| 3369006437 | Since infants and young children are small with large skin surface areas in relation to their total body mass and have little body fat, they are especially prone to ________ | hypothermia | 47 | |
| 3369008663 | Because of small muscle mass, infants and children do not ________ very much at all | shiver | 48 | |
| 3369015792 | When delivering a baby, it is crucial to ______ them (to prevent heat loss from evaporation) and ___ ____ ____ (to prevent heat loss by radiation and convection) | dry, cover their head | 49 | |
| 3369064353 | When assessing a patient, consider the impact of the following 8 things | air temperature wind and/or water chill the patients age and health underlying illness existing injuries how active the patient was during exposure possible drug and alcohol use | 50 | |
| 3369108276 | Passive rewarming involves simply _______ the patient, and taking other steps, including ______ ___ _______, to prevent further heat loss | covering the patient, removing wet clothing | 51 | |
| 3369116902 | All EMS systems allow passive rewarming but not all allow _____ ________. Follow your local protocol | active rewarming | 52 | |
| 3369119516 | Active rewarming can be a __________ process if the patients condition is more serious than believed | dangerous | 53 | |
| 3369127916 | If you are allowed to rewarm a patient with hypothermia who is alert and responding appropriately, do so, but do not ______ _______ | delay transport | 54 | |
| 3369130037 | _________ the patient while en route | rewarm | 55 | |
| 3369140751 | After you've removed the wet clothing and covered the patient in dry, warm blankets, be sure to keep the patient ______, and handle him very ______. | still, gently | 56 | |
| 3369143354 | Should you massage the patients extremities? | NO | 57 | |
| 3369146133 | Do not let the hypothermic patient ______ | walk | 58 | |
| 3369154021 | Do not warm the patient ____ ______ as this could cause ____ ______ | too quickly, cardiac arrest | 59 | |
| 3369185120 | Take the following precautions when actively rewarming a patient: rewarm ______, handle as if there were ______ ______ ______, use ________ _______, if transportation is delayed give the patient _ _______ _______, keep the patient __ ______, avoid _____ _______ | slowly, unstable cervical-spine injuries, central warming, a warm bath, at rest, rough handling | 60 | |
| 3369209996 | You must avoid rewarming ___ _____ because if they are warmed first you could cause a dangerous form of shock | the limbs | 61 | |
| 3369213345 | Give the hypothermic patient ____ _______ at a slow rate | warm liquids | 62 | |
| 3369238172 | Active heating includes hot packs, hot water bottles, electric heating pads, warm ___, radiated heat, and even your own body heat. | air | 63 | |
| 3369247681 | A hypothermic patient who is unresponsive or not responding appropriately has _____ hypothermia. For this patient provide ______ warming | severe, passive | 64 | |
| 3369272856 | For the patient with severe hypothermia, along with removing from environment and protecting from further heat loss, ensure _____ _____, provide _____-____ _____ (passed through a warm-water humidifier or use cylinder from warm storage area), wrap in blankets and transport immediately | airway open, high-flow oxygen | 65 | |
| 3369277786 | With extreme hypothermia, you will find the patient unconscious with no discernible ____ _____ | vital signs | 66 | |
| 3369280171 | The heart rate can slow to less than ____ beats per minute | 10 | 67 | |
| 3369282052 | core body temperature may fall below _____ degrees | 80 | 68 | |
| 3369285200 | For patients with extreme hypothermia assess the _____ _____ for ___ to __ seconds | carotid pulse, 30 to 45 | 69 | |
| 3369290924 | For the patient with extreme hypothermia, if there is no pulse start ____ and prepare to apply the ___ | CPR, AED | 70 | |
| 3369308652 | For patients with extreme hypothermia, if he has a pulse, treat as you would for a patient with ______ ______ - use passive rewarming, keep airway open, use warmed high-flow oxygen, | severe hypothermia | 71 | |
| 3369328768 | Even though there are no vital signs, the hypothermic patient may not reach _______ _______ for more than ____ minutes | biological death, 30 | 72 | |
| 3369337579 | Remember "your not dead until you're ______ and _____ | warm and dead | 73 | |
| 3369392895 | Local cooling is classified as 1) _____ or _________ and 2) _______ or ____ | early or superficial, and late or deep | 74 | |
| 3369397599 | local cooling usually effects the ears, nose, hands, fingers, _____ and ______ | feet and toes | 75 | |
| 3369420228 | With early or superficial local cold injury, the s/sx's are the following: for light skinned people, the skin ____, for dark skinned people, the skin ______. Both then _____. Also, the affected area feels ______ | reddens, lightens. blanch (whiten). numb | 76 | |
| 3369428028 | With early/superficial cold injury you should/should not rub or massage the area | SHOULD NOT | 77 | |
| 3369461687 | With late or deep local cold injury, the s/sx's are the following: affected skin appears ____ and _____. If the condition progresses to actual freezing, the skin turns _____ or ______, and the color turns from white to ______ ______ and finally to _____ ____. | white and waxy, mottled or blotchy, grayish yellow, grayish blue | 78 | |
| 3369863029 | Never ____ or ______ a frostbite or break blisters. And, never allow a patient to walk on an affected extremity. Also, do not ____ a frozen limb if there's a chance it will be frozen again | rub or massage, thaw | 79 | |
| 3369875537 | Active rapid rewarming of frozen parts is ____ recommended | seldom | 80 | |
| 3369883197 | If you are in an area where you must attempt rewarming without instructions from a physician, follow these procedures: Heat water to between ___ and ___ degrees. remove anything covering the frozen area. Fully _______ the injured part but do not let it ______ the sides or bottom of the container | 100 to 105, immerse, touch | 81 | |
| 3369896176 | When actively rewarming a frozen part, the patient may complain of ____. This is a good indicator of __________ rewarming | pain, successful | 82 | |
| 3369903676 | When the frozen part is completely rewarmed it will no longer feel _____ and turn _____ or ____ | frozen, red or blue | 83 | |
| 3369909834 | After rewarming a frozen part, gently ___ the affected area and apply dry, sterile dressings. Place the dressing _____ fingers and toes before dressing the ____ and ____ | dry, between, hands, and feet | 84 | |
| 3369921017 | When covering a dressed, rewarmed injured site, make sure the blanket does not come in ____ _____ with the area or put _______ on the site by resting the cover on a framework. | direct contact, presure | 85 | |
| 3369926213 | Do not allow a rewarmed site to _____ | refreeze | 86 | |
| 3370241956 | To rapidly cool a patient with a hyperthermic emergency apply ice packs to the neck, groin, and _____ (______) | axilla (armpits) | 87 | |
| 3370249824 | decompression sickness from a dive usually takes place ... | from 1 to 48 hours after the dive | 88 | |
| 3370260403 | The most important factor in determining whether EMT's enter the water to rescue a patient is what? | their training | 89 | |
| 3370270975 | The LEAST safe method of executing an ice rescue is use of a ... | human chain | 90 | |
| 3370275727 | Venom produced by a snake or spider is an example of a(n): | toxin | 91 | |
| 3370280664 | The sting or bite that claims the most lives comes from what? | bees and wasps | 92 | |
| 3370285493 | In addition to noticeable puncture marks, s/sx's of a snake bite include pain and swelling at the site, ____cardia, ______, generalized ________, _______ problems, n/v, ______, drowsiness, and ______. | tachycardia, dyspnea, generalized weakness, vision problems, nausea and vomiting, seizures, drowsiness, and unconsciousness | 93 | |
| 3370310563 | A dangerous, venomous snake that is NOT a pit viper is the ______ ______ | coral snake | 94 | |
| 3370314887 | water chill, which occurs when clothing or the body gets wet is an example of what? | conduction | 95 | |
| 3370319895 | Wind chill, which occurs when currents of air pass over the body, is an example of what? | convection | 96 | |
| 3370330731 | Rough handling of a patient with hypothermia may result in what? | ventricular fibrillation | 97 | |
| 3370339344 | superficial (early) local cold injuries are sometimes referred to as ____ | frostnip | 98 | |
| 3370342076 | Deep (late) local cold injuries are sometimes referred to as ____ | frostbite | 99 | |
| 3370355433 | S/Sx's of a person experiencing a heat emergency are _____, ______, _____ and _____ breathing, ____ pulse, heavy ______, loss of _____ | cramps, weakness, rapid and shallow, weak, perspiration, consciousness | 100 | |
| 3370369122 | S/Sx's of hypothermia are Sh_____, N____, S____, D____, R____ breathing, R____pulse, or low, absent or undetectable _______ | shivering, numbness, stiffness, drowsiness, rapid breathing, rapid pulse, slow or absent or undetecable blood pressure | 101 | |
| 3371012169 | A(n) ____ _____ is the result of gases leaving a damaged lung and entering the bloodstream | air embolism | 102 | |
| 3371025854 | The ____ ____ ____ was formed to assist rescuers with the care of underwater diving accident patients | Diver Alert Network | 103 | |
| 3371035937 | Soaking a wound in ______ water for 30 minutes will break down venom from a stinging or bite wound | hot | 104 | |
| 3371043304 | most radiant heat occurs from a person's ______ and _____ | head and neck | 105 |
