Case Study: Nauseous in the Heat
This case study focuses on how responders must be creative and thoughtful to adapt plans as they care for patients on a wilderness—not city—timeframe.
This case study focuses on how responders must be creative and thoughtful to adapt plans as they care for patients on a wilderness—not city—timeframe.
It’s important to be aware of the different types of heat illness, and their treatment principles, should an emergency arise—take a look at them in ...
This case study tests how well you can adapt when your patient has a potential life threat.
This case study tests how well you can adapt when you're responsible for not just one patient, but an entire group.
You’re the supervisor for several crews doing volunteer trail maintenance in a local national forest.
Since your crew leaders are new, you decide to head out to their work sites to check on their work. (Plus, it’s a good reason to get out of the office, away from email, and enjoy a hike in the hills.)
The weather has been unusually hot and humid, with daytime temperatures in the 90s °F (30s °C).
You find one of your crews around lunchtime resting under a few trees. They look lethargic and tired.
One crew member is lying on his back with his feet elevated and a wet bandanna on his forehead. Your crew leader gives you a SOAP report on the patient.
The patient is a 30-year-old complaining of fatigue, dizziness, and a headache—how will you respond? Test your knowledge with this case study.
Test your wilderness medicine skills to see how you would respond to this first-aid scenario.
How much do you really know about heat illness and dehydration? Test your skills with this first aid quiz from NOLS Wilderness Medicine.
In hot weather, we can enjoy the sunshine, lush wildflowers and rivers full with snowmelt. It brings to mind the need to stay hydrated.