Tag: environmental
- Cold Weather Injuries ()
Cold weather-related injuries include: injuries due to decreased temperature (hypothermia, frostbite, nonfreezing cold injury), injuries due to heaters, carbon monoxide poisoning, and accidents due to impaired physical and/or mental function resulting from cold stress. Cold weather injuries can also occur in warmer ambient temperatures when an individual is wet due to rain or water immersion. […]
- Drowning ()
Drowning is defined as a process of experiencing respiratory impairment from submersion/immersion in a liquid medium. To delineate the incident’s outcome, this is further divided into descriptive terms such as death, morbidity, and no morbidity. Wet drowning, dry drowning, and near-drowning are no longer accepted terms, although they may still be used when discussing drowning. […]
- Submersion ()
A drowning occurs when the patient’s airway is surrounded by a liquid that prevents them from breathing air; depending on a variety of factors, a drowning may not be lethal. Non lethal drownings are referred to as near drownings. A variety of conditions can lead to a drowning or near drowning. The patient’s physical conditioning, […]
- Exposure To Heat ()
It’s usually the same people that get heat illnesses Patients who are exposed to extreme heat or work in hot environments may be at risk of heat stress. Exposure to extreme heat can result in occupational illnesses and injuries. Heat stress can result in heat stroke, heat exhaustion, heat cramps, or heat rashes. Heat can […]
- Exposure To Cold ()
Hypothermia When exposed to cold temperatures, the body begins to lose heat faster than it can be produced. Prolonged exposure to cold will eventually use up your body’s stored energy. The result is hypothermia, or abnormally low body temperature. A body temperature that is too low affects the brain, making the patient unable to think […]