🔍 Key Concepts

• Shock often affects circulation and blood flow to the skin • Changes in skin temperature (warm vs. cold) and moisture (dry vs. damp/clammy) are key assessment clues • Early first aid training teaches to check skin color, temperature, and moisture together when assessing for shock

💭 Think About

• Think about what happens to the body’s circulation in shock: does blood flow to the skin increase or decrease? How would that affect skin temperature? • When someone is about to faint or is in serious distress, how do people often describe their skin feeling: more dry or more clammy/sweaty? • Which combination of temperature (warm/cold) and moisture (dry/damp) best matches the common first-aid description of a person in circulatory shock?

✅ Before You Answer

• Be sure you are thinking about circulatory shock, not heat exhaustion or fever • Match both temperature AND moisture to typical shock signs, not just one of them • Eliminate any options that sound more like a relaxed, healthy person’s skin rather than someone in a medical emergency