Chapter 15: Environmental Illnesses
Read Chapter 15.
Your textbook has the most detailed and expanded information for each topic. There are chapter workbook assignments to complete with each lesson.
Learning Objectives:
At the end of this lesson, participants will be able to:
- Define temperature homeostasis.
- Identify what affects the body’s ability to regulate temperature.
- Identify the signs and symptoms of heat- and cold-related illnesses.
- Describe the care for heat- and cold-related illnesses.
- Identify the care for responsive and unresponsive drowning.
- Identify the types of high-altitude illnesses, their signs and symptoms, and the care for each type.
- Identify the signs and symptoms of decompression sickness (DCS), and the care for it.
10 Lessons