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NREMT Paramedic

Category - Medical

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When a body’s deficiencies in water and sodium combine to cause electrolyte and volume disturbances, what condition can result?
  1. Heat loss
  2. Heat exhaustion
  3. The bends
  4. Heat stroke
Explanation
Answer: B - When the body has deficiencies in water and sodium, they cause electrolyte volume disturbances and an individual suffers heat exhaustion. Heat exhaustion results from excessive water and salt losses due to sweating. Heat stroke occurs when the body’s hypothalamic temperature regulation is lost, causing uncompensated hyperthermia, which, in turn, causes cell death and physiologic collapse.
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