Question

chapter 17: caring for environmental emergencies—quiz
circle the letter of the best answer to each multiple - choice question.

1. a condition of higher than normal body temperature is known as:

a. hypothermia.
b. hyperthermia.
c. basal temperature.
d. hypoacclimation.

1. a patient who becomes overheated and who may even stop sweating is most likely having what type of heat emergency?

a. heat exhaustion
b. heat syncope
c. heatstroke
d. heat cramps

1. “reach, throw, row, go” is a strategy used to attempt rescue in a ________ emergency.

a. cold
b. heat
c. rewarming
d. submersion

1. any patient who has been rescued from a water submersion should be monitored by the emergency medical responder for signs of:

a. hyperglycemia.
b. hyperthermia.
c. hypothermia.
d. hypoglycemia.

1. in a ________, the water that flows over a low - head dam recirculates at the bottom, then divides.

a. moving obstruction
b. strainer effect

Explanation:

1. Hyperthermia is defined as a body temperature higher than normal. Hypothermia is low body temperature, basal temperature is the lowest body temperature at rest, and hypoacclimation is not related to body temperature elevation.
2. Heatstroke is characterized by overheating and often a lack of sweating (as the body's thermoregulation fails). Heat exhaustion usually has sweating, heat syncope is fainting due to heat, and heat cramps are muscle cramps from heat.
3. "Reach, throw, row, go" is a rescue strategy for submersion (water - related) emergencies. It is not for cold, heat, or rewarming emergencies.
4. Patients rescued from water submersion are at risk of hypothermia (especially if in cold water for a while). Hyperglycemia is high blood sugar (not directly related to submersion rescue monitoring in this context), hyperthermia is overheating (unlikely after submersion), and hypoglycemia is low blood sugar (not the main concern here).
5. In a strainer effect, water flowing over a low - head dam recirculates at the bottom and then divides. A moving obstruction is just an object blocking the flow, not the described water - flow pattern.

Answer:

1. B. hyperthermia
2. C. Heatstroke
3. D. submersion
4. C. hypothermia
5. B. strainer effect