Exam 7: Understanding the Potential Dangers of Adverse Environmental Conditions

Women are more physiologically efficient in body temperature regulation than are men.

What condition is indicative of an absence of sweating with hot, flushed, dry skin?

Overweight individuals with a large muscle mass experience greater heat production than underweight individuals and are therefore more susceptible to heat illness.

Deep frostbite is treated with gradual rewarming with hot drinks, heating pads, or hot water bottles that are _____.

In hot and cold weather, an athlete should maintain a body temperature ideal for competition to avoid the likelihood of injury.

The most common malignant tumor found in humans is skin cancer.

How does the body lose heat as a result of metabolism?

Discuss how heat illness can be prevented in a competitive training program.

When a storm is near and a person's hair stands on end, the person should:

In a digital psychrometer, the dry bulb thermometer measures ambient air temperature and the wet bulb measures the temperature when water evaporates.

Describe a lightning detector, and discuss its use in ensuring the safety of athletes.

Describe the psychrometer and its use in ensuring appropriate hydration of athletes.

How many minutes before exposure of the sun should sunscreen be applied?

Which of the following is anINCORRECT description of frostnip?

What are the recommendations for fluid replacement?

Which of the following conditions occurs because of a low concentration of sodium and too much fluid?

An athlete who has lost 3-5% of his/her body weight should not be allowed to participate because of reduced blood volume.

In the context of sports in cold weather, shivering ceases below a body temperature of _____.

Ideally, fluid replacement should match sweat loss.

What is the heat disorder that is caused by prolonged sweating, diarrhea, and inadequate replacement of body fluid losses?