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You are evacuating crew members from a survival craft that has been adrift in the North Atlantic for several days. What could occur if a person suffering from hypothermia is vertically lifted in a rescue sling to the helicopter?

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🔍 Key Concepts

• Hypothermia physiology – what happens to blood flow and the heart when a person is very cold • Positioning and handling of hypothermic victims – why smooth, gentle, and often horizontal movement is stressed in training materials • Rescue techniques from survival craft – risks of vertical hoisting in cold-water survivors

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• When a very cold person is suddenly moved from lying down to a vertical position, what happens to the cold blood pooled in the extremities and to blood pressure? • Which body system is already weakened by hypothermia and might fail if circulation changes too quickly? • Which of the listed choices would be an internal physiological consequence directly related to hypothermia, rather than just environmental cold exposure or altitude?

✅ Before You Answer

• Match the option with a known risk of handling hypothermic casualties (e.g., afterdrop, circulatory collapse). • Ask: Which choice would be an immediate, life‑threatening result of sudden vertical lifting in a sling? • Eliminate options that describe conditions caused mainly by ongoing exposure to cold rather than by how the victim is lifted or handled.

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