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| Change from liquid to gas; as persipiration on the skin and vaporizes, the body experiences as a cooling effect |
Evaporation |
| Abbreviation that stands for arterial gas embolism |
AGE |
| Application of an external heat source to rewarm the body of a hypothermic patient |
Active rewarming |
| Carrying away of heat by currents of air or water or other gases or liquids |
Convection |
| Death caused by changes in the lungs resulting from immersion in water |
Drowning |
| Direct transfer of heat from one heat source to another through direct contact |
Conduction |
| Condition resulting from nitrogen trapped in the body's tissues caused by coming up too quickly from a deep, prolonged dive |
Decompression sickness |
| Application of heat to the lateral chest, neck, armpits, and groin of a hypothermic patient |
Central re-warming |
| Increase in body temperature above normal; life-threatening in its extreme |
Hyperthermia |
| Gas bubble in the bloodstream; more accurately called an arterial gas embolism |
Air embolism |
| Condition of having begun to drown; the patient may be consious, unconsious with heartbeat,and pulse, or with no heartbeat, or pulse but still able to be resuciated |
Near-drowning |
| Covering a hypothermic patient and taking other steps to prevent further heat loss and help the body rewarm its self |
Passive rewarming |
| Sending out energy, such as heat, in waves into space |
Radiation |
| Breathing; during this process, the body loses heat as warm air is exhalted from the body |
Respirtaion |
| cooling or freezing of particular parts of the body |
Local Cooling |
| generalized cooling that reduces body temperature below normal; life-threatening in its extreme |
Hypothermia |
| Substances produced by animals or plants that are poisonous to humans |
Toxins |
| Chilling coused by conduction of heat from the body when the body or clothing is wet |
Water Chill |
| Toxin produced by certain animals such as snakes, spiders, and some marine life-forms |
Venom |
| Chilling caused by convection of heat from the body in the prescence of air currnets |
Wind Chill |
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