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Why is it important not to rewarm a person too quickly who is suffering from hypothermia?
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People who have hypothermia are too cold to maintain homeostasis. If they are heated to quickly, they will enter a biological state called 'shock', a potentially fatal condition that results from massive changes in environment too fast for the body to adapt.
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The dangerous of hypothermia is greatest for a person in which situation?
Immersed in cold water
Bringing about the death of person who is suffering from an incurable disease or condition by administering a lethal drug or passively by allowing the person to die by withholding treatment is called?
Euthanasia.
Would waste materials such as carbon dioxide be removed from the person's body more quickly when he is running?
In the case of carbon dioxide, the person who is running is breathing is having to breathe much more often. Of course, this is important since the runner is making more carbon dioxide as a by product of using ATP for energy to run.
Which tissue type would enable a person to move bones very quickly?
Muscle tissue
What is is one of the first symptoms of hypothermia?
One of the first symptoms of hypothermia is clumsiness and lack of coordination. Other symptoms include shivering that stops, slurred speech, confusion, and drowsiness.
What is a person suffering from hypothermia lacking?
A person suffering from hypothermia is lacking enough food. This is a condition where the body is unable to regulate temperature.
What is the person suffering from hypothermia lacking?
Clothes
Can a person be brought to life even after suffering hypothermia?
Yes
What are the umble signs?
Indications that a person is suffering from hypothermia: stumbles, mumbles, fumbles, and grumbles
The danger of hypothermia is greatest for a person in What situation?
The greatest danger for a person with hypothermia, unless treated in time, is death.
What does a person suffering from kleptomania want to do?
A person suffering from kleptomania wants to steal
The dangerous of hypothermia is greatest for a person in which situation?
Immersed in cold water
Why should you not give a hot water bottle to somebody with hypothermia?
because it would warm the person up too quickly and would make the situation worse. so if you heat them up gradually then they would recover much better
What happens when homeostatic mechanism fail?
You could either suffer from a heartstroke or hypothermia. These do vary from person to person.
EP-32 the danger of hypothermia is greatest for a person in which situation?
Hypothermia occurs when the human body loses heat faster than it can produce. A person can get Hypothermia in a cold climate, in general, if you are naked and exposed to cold temperatures. Swimming or drop in cold/ice water, cold wind, the effect and just being sloppy in a snow storm can all contribute. A person is said to suffer from Hypothermia once your body temperature drops below 96 F
Why should you not give alcohol to a person suffering from hypothermia?
alcohol dilates your blood vessels allowing the body to lose heat faster through the skin.
What does 'bed of suffering' mean?
The bed of suffering is a person living with no hope.
