Victims of a boating accident were admitted to the hospital with the diagnosis of hypothermia. The nurse realizes these clients' loss of body temperature occurred through:
1. Vaporization.
2. Conduction.
3. Insensible water loss.
4. Insensible heat loss.
2. Conduction.
Rationale:
Conduction is the transfer of heat from one molecule to a molecule of lower temperature, as when a body is immersed in cold water. The clients of a boating accident developed hypothermia through conduction. Vaporization is the continuous evaporation of moisture through the respiratory tract, mucosa of the mouth, and skin. Insensible water loss is unnoticed water loss through vaporization. Insensible heat loss is the loss of heat through vaporization.
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