Enviromental Emergencies
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| Change from liquid to gas; as persipiration on the skin and vaporizes, the body experiences as a cooling effect | Evaporation
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| Abbreviation that stands for arterial gas embolism | AGE
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| Application of an external heat source to rewarm the body of a hypothermic patient | Active rewarming
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| Carrying away of heat by currents of air or water or other gases or liquids | Convection
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| Death caused by changes in the lungs resulting from immersion in water | Drowning
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| Direct transfer of heat from one heat source to another through direct contact | Conduction
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| Condition resulting from nitrogen trapped in the body's tissues caused by coming up too quickly from a deep, prolonged dive | Decompression sickness
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| Application of heat to the lateral chest, neck, armpits, and groin of a hypothermic patient | Central re-warming
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| Increase in body temperature above normal; life-threatening in its extreme | Hyperthermia
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| Gas bubble in the bloodstream; more accurately called an arterial gas embolism | Air embolism
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| 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
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| Covering a hypothermic patient and taking other steps to prevent further heat loss and help the body rewarm its self | Passive rewarming
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| Sending out energy, such as heat, in waves into space | Radiation
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| Breathing; during this process, the body loses heat as warm air is exhalted from the body | Respirtaion
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| cooling or freezing of particular parts of the body | Local Cooling
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| generalized cooling that reduces body temperature below normal; life-threatening in its extreme | Hypothermia
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| Substances produced by animals or plants that are poisonous to humans | Toxins
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| Chilling coused by conduction of heat from the body when the body or clothing is wet | Water Chill
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| Toxin produced by certain animals such as snakes, spiders, and some marine life-forms | Venom
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| Chilling caused by convection of heat from the body in the prescence of air currnets | Wind Chill
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