HEAT / COLD EXPOSURE 1 l HYPERTHERMIA l HEAT EMERGENCIES l HYPOTHERMIA l COLD EMERGENCIES

HYPERTHERMIA 2 EXPOSURE TO HEAT l EXCESSIVE HEAT l HIGH HUMIDITY l LITTLE OR NO AIR MOVEMENT

INTERNAL BODY HEAT: INTERNAL BODY HEAT: 3 lRlRlRlRISES lBlBlBlBLOOD VESSELS NEAR SKIN SURFACE DILATE lRlRlRlRELEASES HEAT lBlBlBlBODY PERSPIRES lClClClCOOLS BODY AS IT EVAPORATES lSlSlSlSOME HEAT LOST WHEN BREATHING (VERY SMALL AMOUNT)

HEAT EXHAUSTION HEAT EXHAUSTION 4 lSlSlSlSKIN lPlPlPlPALE lClClClCLAMMY & HEAVY SWEATING lPlPlPlPULSE lWlWlWlWEAK lRlRlRlRAPID lPlPlPlPUPILS lDlDlDlDILATED lBlBlBlBREATHING lRlRlRlRAPID lSlSlSlSHALLOW lTlTlTlTEMPERATURE lNlNlNlNORMAL OR BELOW

HEAT STROKE HEAT STROKE 5 l SKIN l MOIST l MOIST THEN BECOMES DRY l RED AND VERY HOT l PULSE l RAPID l RAPID / STRONG - WEAK LATE STAGES l PUPILS l CONSTRICTED l BREATHING l RAPID l TEMPERATURE l HIGH l HIGH 103 OR HIGHER l CONVULSIONS l CONVULSIONS POSSIBLE COMA

FIRST AID FIRST AID 6 lGlGlGlGET THEM COOLED DOWN lAlAlAlAPPLY COLD WET TOWELS lSlSlSlSHOCK POSITION: lNlNlNlNORMAL FOR HEAT EXHAUSTION lRlRlRlRAISE UPPER BODY IN HEAT STROKE lIlIlIlIF CONSCIOUS SMALL AMOUNT OF WATER lClClClCALL EMS

HYPOTHERMIA HYPOTHERMIA 7 l MODERATE TO EXTREME COLD l WETNESS l BREEZE l EXHAUSTION

SIGNS / SYMPTOMS SIGNS / SYMPTOMS 8 l SHIVERING l SLURRED SPEECH l MEMORY LAPSES / CONFUSION l POOR MUSCLE CONTROL l DROWSINESS l BECOME EXHAUSTED l LOSS OF CONSCIOUSNESS l COMA

FROSTBITE FROSTBITE 9 l SUBMERGE IN WATER DEGREES l AT LEAST MINUTES DON'T RUB

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