Cold injuries

Which cold weather injury is shown in this picture?

• Snow Blindness  
• Hypothermia
• Frostbite
• Immersion Foot

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

Massaging the affected area of a cold weather injury is the proper treatment necessary to stimulate blood flow and bring warmth to the area.

• True
• False

You and a friend are looking forward to a day of cross country skiing. Your friend tells you not to bother wearing sunglasses since it is hazy, cloudy weather. Do you agree?

• Yes
• No

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.

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

The long term effects of Overexposure to Sun

• skin cancer 
• Premature aging 
• Both A and B
• None of the above 

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

• chill factor
• overexposure
• goosebumps
• frostbite

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

• True
• False

What is hypothermia?

• Too much body heat with abnormally high internal body temperatures
• The result of exposing the feet to wet conditions at cool temperatures
• Too little body heat with abnormally low internal body temperature
• The condition caused by subcutaneous frostbite