Water tower - Water station
Water stations should not be more than 1.5
Heart Sign- AED
Must be within 3-5 minutes of any participant.
Miami heat - Heat stroke
Will be CNS dysfunction. Be sure to get a rectal temperature. It will be over 104 degrees F.
Bucket of ICE - Immediate cooling for treatment
Ice water immersion.
Downed athlete
Be sure to check a pulse. Get a sense of their mental status, get a rectal temperature, heart rate, and blood pressure. Consider labs and treat appropriately. Make sure cardiac causes are on the differential for the downed athlete.
Salt on ground
Hyponatremia—risk factors include high fluid intake and being on the course for a longer period of time. These individuals may present with mental status changes, fluffiness, dizziness, and treatment with oral sodium or hypertonic saline.
cup of water on table - cold water - HYPOTHERMIA
Conductive heat loss is 25 times faster in water than air. Scuba diving without a wetsuit can make a diver more susceptible to hypothermia.Hypothermia is defined as a temperature less than 95 degree F
GLOBE - WET BULB - WET BULB GLOBE
Humidity is the greatest contributor. Wet Bulb Globe Temperature (WBGT) is a measure of heat stress that combines air temperature, humidity, wind speed, and radiant heat from the sun to assess how hot it feels to the human body in direct sunlight. 21 degrees celcius is do not start for northern latitudes.
Swimmer
During triathlons. Swimming is the most common cause of death due to cardiac arrhythmias.
Person running - Exercise associated collapse
Venous pooling occurs directly after passing the finish line