Heat Illness Prevention Course Compilled Exams Bundle Package .

What condition is indicative of an absence of sweating with hot, flushed, dry skin? - Answer Heat exhaustion Heat cramps Hypothermia **Exertional heat stroke What is a psychrometer used to determine? - Answer **Heat index Windchill Humidity Level of dehydration How does the body lo...

Which of the following would be a factor that a person could control to help prevent heat-related illnesses or cold-related emergencies? Humidity level Wind Air temperature Clothing worn - Answer Clothing worn Your next-door neighbor has been working outside all day on a project in her ba...

Heat Acclimation/Acclimatization - Answer The natural ability of the body to physiologically adapt to high ambient temperatures. Those that are heat acclimated are... - Answer able to TOLERATE the heat better than those that are not What does Heat Acclimatization do for us? - Answer 1...

MILD SYMPTOMS OF HEAT ILLNESS CAN QUICLKY TURN INTO SERIOUS HEALTH CONDITION IF NOT IDENTIFIED AND TREATED PROMPLTY. - Answer TRUE THE FOLLOWING ARE TYPES OF HEAT ILLNESS (SELECT ALL THAT APPLY) HEAT STROKE HEAT EXHAUSTION THABDOMYSOLYSIS HEAT SYNCOPE - Answer CLICK ON ALL YY THE HEA...

Heat Illness Prevention - Answer What contributes to heat exposure? a. Temperature and humidity b. Direct sun c. Hot surfaces d. All of the above Answer: d. All of the above Heat Illness Prevention - Answer Why do muscles get tired more easily in the heat? a. They are burning mo...

What is the intent of the "Heat Illness Prevention Program?" - Answer - To lower the risk of illness or injury due to exposure to high-heat working conditions. - Establish fireground rehab guidelines Define "Fireground Rehabilitation" - Answer A system that manages on scene firefighter...

What is the leading cause of preventable death in high school athletics? - Answer External Heat Stroke Why is building up to full uniform/padding a good idea in preventing heat illness during practices? - Answer Students need to get acclimated to heat and exercise intensity before wearing h...

Which of the following is an incorrect type of heat loss by the body? Conversion Evaporation Conduction Radiation - Answer Conversion Which of the following is the most effective means for the body to dissipate heat when the temperature and radiant heat of the environment are higher...

a sphygmomanometer is a device that measures what? - Answer blood pressure (BP) a q-angle of >25° may predispose a patient to what postural deviation - Answer excessive genu valgus what are factors in lower extremity overuse syndromes in runners? - Answer poor footwear, poor postu...

Heat illness definitions: heat illness - Answer -Heat illness - a general term used to describe a group of disorders associated with exposure to high environmental temperatures +/- altered core temperature Heat illness definitions: Heat stroke - Answer -Heat stoke - several heat illness ass...