1) Hypothermia is: A. When your surface body temperature drops below 35 o C When your surface body temperature drops below 35 o C B. When your core body.

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1) Hypothermia is: A. When your surface body temperature drops below 35 o C When your surface body temperature drops below 35 o C B. When your core body temperature drops below 35 o C When your core body temperature drops below 35 o C C. When your core temperature drops below 37 o C When your core temperature drops below 37 o C D. When your surface body temperature drops below 30 o CWhen your surface body temperature drops below 30 o C

2) Who is most at risk of hypothermia? A. Babies and children Babies and children B. Old people and sick people Old people and sick people C. People doing outdoor sports People doing outdoor sports D. All of the aboveAll of the above

3) Why does drinking coffee increase the risk of hypothermia? A. It doesn’t! Drinking coffee decreases your risk of hypothermia because it is warm It doesn’t! Drinking coffee decreases your risk of hypothermia because it is warm B. It doesn’t! It makes you all jittery and hyper which makes your muscles work harder and keeps you warm It doesn’t! It makes you all jittery and hyper which makes your muscles work harder and keeps you warm C. Because it will keep you awake and stop you resting Because it will keep you awake and stop you resting D. Because caffeine is a diuretic, therefore drinking coffee increases your risk of dehydrationBecause caffeine is a diuretic, therefore drinking coffee increases your risk of dehydration

4) What are the “umbles”? A. Bumbles, jumbles, rumbles and tumbles Bumbles, jumbles, rumbles and tumbles B. Stumbles, mumbles, fumbles and grumble Stumbles, mumbles, fumbles and grumble C. A rare genetic disorder that makes you more susceptible to hypothermia A rare genetic disorder that makes you more susceptible to hypothermia D. A subspecies of wombleA subspecies of womble

5) What is the first thing you should do to treat someone with hypothermia? A. Dial 999 Dial 999 B. Get them to put more layers of clothes on Get them to put more layers of clothes on C. Get them moving to generate heat Get them moving to generate heat D. Give them carbohydrates to eatGive them carbohydrates to eat

6) Which of the following will help you to avoid getting heat stroke or heat exhaustion? A. Drinking alcoholDrinking alcohol B. Drinking plenty of waterDrinking plenty of water C. SunbathingSunbathing D. Doing plenty of exerciseDoing plenty of exercise

7) Some of the symptoms of heat stroke include? A. Disorientation and diarrhoea Disorientation and diarrhoea B. Fits and loss of feeling in fingers Fits and loss of feeling in fingers C. Rapid, shallow breathing and fits Rapid, shallow breathing and fits D. Rash and a chesty coughRash and a chesty cough

8) Who is at risk of heat stroke? A. Women and children Women and children B. People who drink a lot of alcoholPeople who drink a lot of alcohol C. DiabeticsDiabetics D. Everyone!Everyone!

9) Which is more serious: A. Heat exhaustion Heat exhaustion B. Heat strokeHeat stroke

10) What would happen if a person with heat stroke was left untreated? A. They would stop producing ADH to get their water balance back to normal They would stop producing ADH to get their water balance back to normal B. The person will get a negative comment The person will get a negative comment C. Nothing. Heat stoke isn’t fatal Nothing. Heat stoke isn’t fatal D. They could slip into a coma and dieThey could slip into a coma and die

Bonus Question: Why are babies, children and older people more at risk of heat stroke? A. Because they eat more sweets, which makes their blood more concentrated which makes them dehydrate quicker Because they eat more sweets, which makes their blood more concentrated which makes them dehydrate quicker B. Because they are smaller Because they are smaller C. Because they spend longer in the sun shine Because they spend longer in the sun shine D. Because their body cooling systems are less efficientBecause their body cooling systems are less efficient

CORRECT! B. When your core body temperature drops below 35 o C.

CORRECT! D. All of the above

CORRECT! D. Because caffeine is a diuretic, therefore drinking coffee increases your risk of dehydration

CORRECT! B. stumbles, mumbles, fumbles and grumbles

CORRECT! A. Dial 999

CORRECT! B. Drinking plenty of water

CORRECT! C. Rapid, shallow breathing and fits

CORRECT! D. Everyone!

CORRECT! B. Heat stroke

CORRECT! D. They could slip into a coma and die

CORRECT! D. Almost all of it (99.9%) Most of what is in our wastewater is simply water.

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