HEAT / COLD EXPOSURE 1

HEAT/COLDEXPOSURE1 • HYPERTHERMIA • HEAT EMERGENCIES • HYPOTHERMIA • COLD EMERGENCIES

HYPERTHERMIA2 EXPOSURE TO HEAT • EXCESSIVE HEAT • HIGH HUMIDITY • LITTLE OR NO AIR MOVEMENT

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)

HEAT EXHAUSTION4 • SKIN • PALE • CLAMMY & HEAVY SWEATING • PULSE • WEAK • RAPID • PUPILS • DILATED • BREATHING • RAPID • SHALLOW • TEMPERATURE • NORMAL OR BELOW

HEAT STROKE5 • 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

FIRST AID6 • 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

HYPOTHERMIA7 • MODERATE TO EXTREME COLD • WETNESS • BREEZE • EXHAUSTION

SIGNS / SYMPTOMS8 • SHIVERING • SLURRED SPEECH • MEMORY LAPSES / CONFUSION • POOR MUSCLE CONTROL • DROWSINESS • BECOME EXHAUSTED • LOSS OF CONSCIOUSNESS • COMA

FROSTBITE9 DON'T RUB • SUBMERGE IN WATER 100-105 DEGREES • AT LEAST 20-30 MINUTES

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HEAT / COLD EXPOSURE 1