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Enviromental Emergencies

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show Mechanism used to maintain body temperature  
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show Animals that depend on external enviroment for heat  
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What are Endotherms?   show
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show Hypothalmus  
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What is an example of evaporation?   show
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show Heat from body released into surrounding air  
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show When cooler air surrounds the surface  
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What is Conduction?   show
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show Lack of fluid in the body  
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show When the body loses heat faster than is can produce it  
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What is Mild hypothermia?   show
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show 30 - 33.9  
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show <30  
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Frostbite is a type of what?   show
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show Passive - moving pt to dry/warm area Active External - Direct heat to skin  
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show When the body is to hot - >40  
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show When the body can no longer control its temp - no sweating - rapid rise in temp  
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show Body response to excessive sweating  
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What is Drowning?   show
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show 1.Fight/Flight 2.Airway close/Breathing stops 3.Body enters hypoxic convulsion 4.Cerebral convulsion  
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What are the types of Drowning?   show
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