| Hypothermia |
| HELP! Sore on back of foot that won't heal... what should I do? What could be wrong? |
You have a blister that you have rubbed raw and it needs to heal. For this, leave all the stuff off whenever you are home and leave it open to the air. When you need to put on shoes and socks, pu... |
| What should a nurse assess for when looking for an allergic reaction to the contrast medium? |
Well first of all it depends on the type and location of contrast media... The most important might be hypotherrmia because that could be a sign of shock. If this is a PO medium for a GI study, l... |
| What causes your temperature to drop, instead of rise like when you get a fever? |
When you take antipyretics meds; you sweat and the temperature of your body will drop. Other conditions for this drop in temperature is the luteal phase of a female during her menstrual cycle; bl... |
| The R.I.C.E. procedure is useful for? |
rest, ice, compression, elevation, for muscle tears strains etc ... |
| What is the safest minimum temperature to go swimming? |
72 degrees ... |
| Is there a difference between "core" body temperature and just your temperature? |
The core temperature will be higher than that of the periphery.. Is why it is imperative to have that determined when taking high risk ventures. ... |
| Someone died of drinking to much water in a contest how can drinking to much water kill you and how does it? |
Water intoxication
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| Why are we taught not to fall asleep when in a survival situation? |
normally in a survival situation you are encouraged to get as much rest as possible as most people don't sleep for days when they are desperate and stressed.
In this movie they were hurt an... |
| What happens if I expose my body to......? |
I wouldn't worry about hypothermia unless it was minus 30F. Hypothermia is when your body temperature goes very low, and then frost bite can set it. Your cells in your body die. A lot of peopl... |
| Could these baths hurt me? |
Ice baths are often used by athletes with no ill effects. While there is no hard scientific evidence to back up the us -- and consequently no definitive guides as to how often to use them or how lo... |
| O A P pensions? |
Certainly I couldn't live on just a state pension.
I'm fortunate in having a works pension as well, but in order to have anything like a reasonable standard of living I have to keep work... |
| What happens to your body when you are in -50 and below? only one answer needed!? |
Cardiac arrest ... |
| Body Temp. problem...2 year old...Help..please....? |
A severe viral infection will occasional cause wide temperature swings, including extremely high temperatures and sub-normal temperatures. It is not uncommon for a viral infection to cause extreme ... |
| Friend in hospital please help....? |
Oh dear. Your friend will be in my thoughts.
That he is stable is good: It means he's not sliding down any more. I don't really know if he will pull out or not, but right now you have ... |
| Attn EMTS MEDICS DOCTORS health proffessionals.? |
I think if the study was done on one person then it's not a valid study.
However if the study was done in a randomly assigned, placebo controlled fashion, and it showed good results, then i... |
| Low body temperture? |
Definitely get a second opinion, it can't hurt-only help. ... |
| Man discovered to have perminant orgasm? |
ive never heard of that but thats crazy!what a way to go out though huh? ... |
| Cold water allergy help, please!!? |
When you went to the doctor, did he suggest anything you can do (other than staying indoors for 3 months in the winter)? There are shirts called "Under Armor" that you can get. I see th... |
| Anti-fever? |
93.5 is pretty low.
A low body temperature can indicate certain things such as:
Thyroid problems
Diabetes
Addison's disease
Liver or Kidney failure
Sepsis (widespread infection)
Any... |
| HELP QUICK! My husband's temperature went from 103 to 96.6 in 8 hours... what's happening? What can we do? |
Get him to the ER to sort it out. He should have gone when his temp was 103...but still not too late....Could be almost any type of infection or thyroid or dehydration (maybe)...make sure he doesn&... |
| DEADLY chemical! odorless, colorless, tasteless and it's everywhere and used my everyone? |
I am totally going to lobby in Washington for them to ban DHMO. It seems to be killing everything it touches. hahaha ... |
| The R.I.C.E procedure is used for :? |
D.) Minor injuries
R.I.C.E stands for
R- rest
I- ice
C- compression
E- elevate
This procedure is not effective on hypothermia because you need warmth, not ice. Major injuries can&#... |
| Which is more painful? freezing to death or thirsty to death? |
freezing to death ... |
| Did you listen to Dr. Laura yesterday, 1/9/08? Need to know how she answered a question....? |
Basically, she reassured the mother that answering her daughter's questions directly would be the best solution. She said that if her daughter was concerned about a disaster, such as sn earthq... |
| Help!?!??!?!?!? |
You need to see a doctor.
And you might want to consider seeing a different doctor if you hate the other doctor so much.
Remember, suicide IS NOT THE ANSWER!: Call the Suicide Prevention Line... |
| Overheating of the body is called? |
A. 100% sure. :) ... |
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