Heat and Cold Stressors

Heat and Cold Stressors

<p> Heat and Cold Stressors Attachment #4</p><p>HEAT STRESSORS Injury Information Symptoms Heat Cramps Sweating depletes the body's salt  Muscle pain or spasms usually in the and moisture levels. Low salt levels abdomen, arms, or legs. in muscles causes painful cramps. Heat Syncope A fainting (syncope) episode or  Light-headedness dizziness. Factors that may  Dizziness contribute to heat syncope include dehydration and lack of  Fainting acclimatization. Heat The body's response to excess loss  Heavy sweating Exhaustion of water and salt, usually through  Extreme weakness or fatigue excessive sweating.  Dizziness, confusion  Nausea  Clammy, moist skin  Pale or flushed complexion  Muscle cramps  Slightly elevated body temperature </p><p> Fast and shallow breathing Heat Stroke The most serious heat-related  Hot, dry skin (no sweating) disorder. It occurs when the body  Hallucinations becomes unable to control its  Chills temperature: the body's  Throbbing headache temperature rises rapidly, the  High body temperature sweating mechanism fails, and the  Confusion/dizziness body is unable to cool down. When heat stroke occurs, the body temperature can rise to 106  Slurred speech degrees Fahrenheit or higher within 10 to 15 minutes. Heat stroke can cause death or permanent disability if emergency treatment is not given.</p><p>Initiated: 2/2010 Revised: 2/2010 Page 1 Heat and Cold Stressors Attachment #4</p><p>COLD STRESSORS Injury Information Symptoms Hypothermia A body temperature that is too low Early: affects the brain, making the victim  Shivering unable to think clearly or move well.  Fatigue This makes hypothermia particularly  Loss of coordination dangerous because a person may  Confusion and disorientation not know it is happening and will not Late: be able to do anything about it.  No shivering  Blue skin  Dilated pupils  Slowed pulse and breathing  Loss of consciousness Frostbite Causes a loss of feeling and color  Reduced blood flow to hands and feet in the affected areas. It most often (fingers or toes can freeze) affects the nose, ears, cheeks, chin,  Numbness fingers, or toes. Frostbite can  Tingling or stinging permanently damage body tissues,  Aching and severe cases can lead to amputation  Bluish or pail, waxy skin Trench Foot Also known as immersion foot, is an  Reddening of the skin injury of the feet resulting from  Numbness prolonged exposure to wet and cold  Leg cramps conditions. Trench foot can occur at  Swelling temperatures as high as 60 degrees  Tingling pain F if the feet are constantly wet.  Blisters or ulcers Injury occurs because wet feet lose  Bleeding under the skin heat 25-times faster than dry feet.  Gangrene (the foot may turn dark purple, blue, or gray) Chillbains Caused by the repeated exposure  Redness of skin to temperatures just above  Itching freezing to as high as 60 degrees F.  Possible blistering The cold exposure causes damage  Inflammation to the small blood vessels in the skin. This damage is permanent  Possible ulceration in severe cases and the redness and itching will return with additional exposure. The redness and itching typically occurs on cheeks, ears, fingers, and toes.</p><p>Initiated: 2/2010 Revised: 2/2010 Page 2</p>

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