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Emergency Medicine Test Prep

Category - Environmental Emergencies

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What are common risk factors for high altitude illness?
  1. Have a prior history of high altitude illness
  2. Exercise or drink alcohol before adjusting to the change in altitude
  3. Have a medical problem that affects breathing
  4. Have not been to altitude in the previous few week
  5. All of the above
Explanation
Answer: E - Traveling to high altitudes can cause an altitude-related illness, such as acute mountain sickness (AMS), swelling of the brain (high altitude cerebral edema or HACE), or accumulation of fluid in the lungs (high altitude pulmonary edema or HAPE. all above condition are risk factor for high altitude disease.
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