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Chapter 33a- Environmental Emergencies

Emergency Care and Transportation of the Sick and Injured, Twelfth Edition
Across
The slowing up the heart rate caused by submersion in cold water.
The temperature of the central part of the body (eg the heart, lungs and vital organs).
Damage to tissues, as a result of exposure to cold; frozen body parts; frozen or partially frozen body parts are frostbitten.
The conversion of water or another fluid from liquid to gas.
Loss of consciousness caused by a decreased breathing stimulus.
The temperature of the surrounding environment.
The loss of body heat caused by air movement (eg, a breeze blowing across the body).
A balance of all systems of the body.
The process of experiencing respiratory impairment from submersion or immersion in liquid.
Down
A painful condition seen in divers who is sent to quickly and which gas, especially nitrogen, forms bubbles in blood vessels, and other tissues; see bends.
A life-threatening condition of severe hyperthermia caused by exposure to excessive natural or artificial heat, marked by warm, dry skin; severely altered mental status; and often irreversible coma
Any signs and symptoms caused by the difference between the surrounding atmosphere pressure and the total gas pressure in various tissues, fluids, and cavities of the body.
The presence of air in veins, which can lead to cardiac arrest if it enters the heart.
A heat emergency in which a significant amount of fluid and electrolyte loss occurs because of heavy sweating; also called heat, prostration or heat collapse.
The loss of heat by direct contact (eg, when the body part comes in contact with a cooler object).
Painful muscle spasms usually associated with vigorous activity in a hot environment.
A serum that counteracts the effect of venom from an animal or insect.
A common name for decompression sickness.