Heat Acclimation & Heat Illness & Hydration Training Exam Questions With Solved Solutions.
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Heat Illness Prevention Course
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Heat Illness Prevention Course
Heat Acclimation/Acclimatization - Answer The natural ability of the body to physiologically adapt to high ambient temperatures.
Those that are heat acclimated are... - Answer able to TOLERATE the heat better than those that are not
What does Heat Acclimatization do for us? - Answer ...
Heat Acclimation & Heat Illness &
Hydration Trainining Exam Questions
With Solved Solutions.
Heat Acclimation/Acclimatization - Answer The natural ability of the body to physiologically adapt to
high ambient temperatures.
Those that are heat acclimated are... - Answer able to TOLERATE the heat better than those that are
not
What does Heat Acclimatization do for us? - Answer 1) IMPROVES exercise performance
2) REDUCES the risk of heat illness
Heat Acclimatization requirements - Answer 1) requires 8-14 days
2) should involve exercise
3) environment should match the expected conditions of the competition
The decrease in HR is due to what? - Answer the increase in Plasma Volume
Maintenance of Heat Acclimatization
requires... - Answer only ONE OR TWO exposures per week
Heat syncope - Answer - fainting, due to a drop inblood pressure to the brain
- etiology = pooling of blood in the legs, insufficient venous return to the heart
Heat cramps - Answer - neuromuscular cramp, due to sodium / NaCl deficit
- etiology = large sweat loss replaced by hypotonic fluid or pure water
- more susceptible to heat cramps when you have been sweating a lot because the salt in the sweat isn't
being replaced efficiently
Heat exhaustion - Answer - inability to continue exercise in the heat, due to fluid-electrolyte loss
- etiology = fluid - electrolyte depletion that reduces plasma volume [ECF] and cardiac output
Heatstroke - Answer a) hyperthermia, due to an overwhelming of the thermoregulatory system, or
b) inability to regulate bodytemperature
etiology = exercise in a hot environment that produces more heat than the body can dissipate
Diagnosis- valid Core temp >104 F& altered mental status
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