Cold Weather Injuries Assessment

Death is imminent when core temp falls below 85-90 degree F.

• True
• False

Hypothermia

• Beneath the top layer of skin
• Too little body heat with abnormally low internal body temperature
• A condition that results when fluids are lost from the body and not replaced
• To use materials to protect or isolate something from the elements of weather

Insulate

• Too little body heat with abnormally low internal body temperatures
• A condition that results when fluids are lost from the body and not replaced
• To use materials to protect or isolate something from the elements of weather
• An injury caused to the body tissue by frost or extreme cold

Subcutaneous frostbite may cause gangrene and lead to the need for surgical removal of the affected part.

• True
• False

When ice crystals form in body tissue exposed to temperatures below freezing, it is called ____________.

• chill factor
• overexposure
• goosebumps
• frostbite

When body tissue dies because of a lack of blood supply, as happens with deep frostbite, it is called ________.

• gangrene
• overexposure
• the tourniquet effect
• goosebumps

Even though the temperature is 53˚F, the light rain and wind put an extra chill in the air. You and three of your friends have been playing touch football for the past three hours, and you just decided to take a break before starting your last game. After a few minutes, your friend Ethan is shivering, and he looks a little pale. He groans as he stands up, and then he trips over his own feet. When you help him up, his hand feels very cold.
What should you and your friends do next?

• Start treating him for trench foot or immersion foot.
• Start treating him for dehydration.
• Continue to monitor his temperature to see if he warms up.
• Start treating him for hypothermia.

While out snowboarding you see that your friend is trembling. When you stop to ask if he is okay he complains he is dizzy and you notice his speech is slurred. He is exhibiting signs of __________.

• Snow Blindness  
• Hypothermia
• Frostbite
• Immersion Foot

Which cold weather injury is shown in this picture?

• Snow Blindness  
• Hypothermia
• Frostbite
• Immersion Foot

(U4C2L8:V7) Dehydration

• An injury caused to body tissue by frost or extreme cold

• A condition that results when fluids are lost from the body and not replaced

• Too little body heat with abnormally low internal body temperature

• Any form of water, such as rain, snow, sleet, or hail that falls to the earth’s surface

• To use materials to protect or isolate something from the elements of weather