Participant outcomes
The goal of this program
is to provide nurses and other healthcare professionals with information about
hypothermia and hyperthermia in the elderly, including signs and symptoms, treatment,
and prevention strategies.
Upon completion of this
program you should be able to:
- Recognize why elderly
patients have changes in body temperature regulation that make them susceptible
to both hypothermia and hyperthermia.
- Identify specific risk
factors for hypothermia in the elderly.
- Describe signs and symptoms
of hypothermia.
- Identify treatment measures
for hypothermia.
- List ways in which the
elderly and their families/caregivers can reduce the risk of hypothermia.
- Identify specific risk
factors for hyperthermia in the elderly.
- Recognize 5 categories
of drugs that can increase hyperthermia risk in elderly patients.
- Distinguish the characteristics
of: heat cramps, heat edema, heat syncope, heat exhaustion, and heat stroke
- Describe signs and symptoms
of hyperthermia.
- Identify treatment for
hyperthermia.
- List ways in which the
elderly and their families/caregivers can reduce the risk of hyperthermia.
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