Question 43 · LDEK · Trauma
Indicate the true statement concerning hypothermia:
- A. it is diagnosed when the body core temperature drops below 35 °C.
- B. it is a kind of frost-bite affecting distal body parts.
- C. it does not occur when the ambient temperature is above 5 °C.
- D. hypothermia is an absolute indication for hyperbaric oxygen therapy.
- E. optimal and safe speed of heating the organism is 1 °C every 12 hours.
Hint
Hypothermia is defined by a single core temperature threshold; look for the statement describing a whole-body state rather than a local injury.
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