Question

after spending several hours outdoors, your skin is dry, hot, and flushed. your pupils are dilated. you have a rapid, weak pulse. your breathing is shallow. these are symptoms of: a heat stroke b frostbite c first - degree burn d hypothermia

Explanation:

Heat stroke occurs when the body overheats due to prolonged exposure to high temperatures. Symptoms include dry, hot, flushed skin (as sweating may stop in severe cases), dilated pupils, rapid weak pulse, and shallow breathing. Frostbite is due to freezing temperatures (symptoms like numbness, pale/blue skin). First - degree burn affects only the outer layer of skin (symptoms like redness, pain, no blisters). Hypothermia is when body temperature drops too low (symptoms like shivering, confusion, slow pulse in later stages).

Answer:

A. heat stroke