Environmental Conditions Test Review

1. Heat can be gained and/ or lost by the body in all of the following ways EXCEPT:

• Conduction                                        

• 1. Conversion 

• 1. Evaporation

• 1. Radiation

1. Most people replace no more than _____ of water lost through sweating when exercising in hot and humid climates.

• 1. 10%  

• 1. 25%

• 1. 35%

• 1. 50%

1. A heat disorder characterized by profuse sweating, diarrhea, persistent muscle cramps and dizziness with loss of coordination is:

• 1. Heat cramps 

• 1. Hypothermia

• 1. Exertional heat stroke

• 1. Exertional heat exhaustion

1. Absence of sweating with hot, flushed skin, sudden collapse, altered consciousness and seizures is indicative of:

• 1. Exertional  heat exhaustion

• 1. Exertional heat stroke

• 1. Heat cramps

• 1. Hypothermia

1. In giving emergency treatment for a heat stroke victim, the care provider should direct efforts at:

• 1. Replacing the athlete’s fluid quickly

• 1. Measuring rectal temperature

• 1. Calling an ambulance

• 1. Rapid whole body cooling followed by transport to the hospital

1. Which of the following conditions is caused by peripheral vasodilation of the superficial vessels, hypotension or a pooling of blood in the extremities, which results in dizziness, fainting, and nausea?

• 1. Heat cramps 

• 1. Exertional heat exhaustion

• 1. Heat syncope

• 1. Exertional heat stroke

1. Sixty-five percent of the heat produced by the body is lost in cold weather by:

• 1. Conduction

• 1. Convection

• 1. Evaporation

• 1. Radiation

1. Shivering ceases below a body temperature of:

• 1. 90-95 degrees

• 1. 85-90 degrees

• 1. 80-85 degrees

• 1. 75-80 degrees

1. All of the following are symptoms of frost nip EXCEPT:

• 1. Skin may peel or blister in 24-72 hours

• 1. Skin tissue may become gangrenous

• 1. Involves the ears, nose, cheeks, fingers and toes

• 1. Skin appears very firm with cold painless areas

1. An athlete suffering from pulmonary edema may experience all of the following EXCEPT:

• 1. Dyspnea

• 1. Weakness

• 1. Headache

• 1. Pale skin