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6. Below what temperature does severe hypothermia occur?

  • 30 degrees
  • 29 degrees
  • 32 degrees
  • 35 degrees

7. Cold is sensed by what receptors?

  • Trip receptors
  • Trigeminal receptors
  • Muscle spindles
  • Golgi tendon organ

8. Below what temperature does one stop shivering?

  • 30
  • 32
  • 35
  • 37

9. A hot bath to use for active rewarming should be?

  • 37 degrees
  • 45 degrees
  • 40 degrees
  • 50 degrees

10. What is cold incapacitation?

  • When the thermoregulatory responses begin to fail
  • Loss of function in extremities due to peripheral vasoconstriction
  • The mechanical action of ice crystals resulting in tissue death
  • When the body temperature goes below 35 degrees

11. What is not an effect of cold shock?

  • Hyperventilation
  • Decreased after load
  • Loss of consciousness
  • Rapid skin cooling

12. How long does it take to become middle hypothermic in cold water?

  • 15-20 mins
  • 30 mins
  • 5 mins
  • 10 mins

13. Moderate hypothermia is when the body is at what temperate?

  • 27-30 degrees
  • 33-35 degrees
  • 30-33 degrees
  • 35-37 degrees

14. NFCI can not lead to...

  • Gangrene
  • Blisters
  • Death
  • Ulcers
  • Amputation

15. What is a worse stressor?

  • Cold
  • Heat

16. Shivering is maximal at what temperature?

  • 35
  • 37
  • 31
  • 29

17. Hypothermia is when the body goes below what temperature?

  • 30
  • 37
  • 35
  • 33

18. Mild hypothermia is when the body is at...

  • 33-35 degrees
  • 35-37 degrees
  • 30-37 degrees

19. What is not a response of mild hypothermia?

  • Peripheral vasoconstriction
  • Intense cold sensation
  • Irritability
  • Unconsciousness
  • Intense shivering

20. What is NOT a factor contributing to hypothermia?

  • Fatigue
  • Clothing
  • Body size and composition
  • High wind speed
  • Age
  • Rain
  • Starvation
  • Race
  • Shock