Summary Chapter 32: Environmental Emergencies
Summary of Chapter 32: Environmental Emergencies from Emergency Care and Transportation of the Sick and Injured Includes: Cold exposure: hypothermia, frostbite, immersion foot Heat exposure: heat cramps, heat exhaustion, heat stroke Drowning & Diving: air embolus, decompression sickness Altitude & Lightning: High Altitude Pulmonary Edema, High Altitude Cerebral Edema, direct strike, indirect strike, burns Bites, Envenomations, & Marine Animals: spider bites, Hymenoptera stings, snake bites, scorpion stings, tick bites
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- 2013
- 9781284032840
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- EMT-B - Emergency Medical Technician - Basic
- Module
- EMT-B - Emergency Medical Technician - Basic
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- Summarized whole book?
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- Which chapters are summarized?
- Chapter 32
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- January 6, 2024
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environmental emergencies
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cold injuries
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heat injuries
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diving injuries
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animal bite injuries
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bite injuries
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altitude injuries
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lightning injuries
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