In the hospital setting, one of the best ways to lower a hyperthermic patient's fever would be to facilitate conduction of heat from the body by
A)
providing frequent sponge baths with cool water.
B)
taking all covers/clothing off and pouring alcohol on the skin.
C)
placing him or her on a cooling mattress that circulates a coolant solution through the mattress.
D)
placing IV solutions into the freezer for 30 minutes prior to hanging them.
Ans:
C
Feedback:
Cooling mattress facilitates the conduction of heat from the body into the coolant solution that circulates through the mattress. Care must be taken so that the cooling method does not produce vasoconstriction and shivering. Sponge baths and alcohol solutions increase evaporative heat loss but may cool them too quickly. IV solutions should not be placed in a freezer.
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