KINE 2490 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: High-Altitude Cerebral Edema, High-Altitude Pulmonary Edema, Altitude Sickness
10 Apr 2017
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Mild ams gone within 48 hours, the body starts to acclimatize. Moderate: appetite effected, attitude, dyspnea (difficulty with breathing), early signs of. > 8,000ft can give you symptoms, feeling of a headache, nausea, sleep disturbances. > 10,000ft shortness of breath, cough that continues, with production of phlegm. Treatment strategy: (1) administration of oxygen, (2) get them to a lower altitude level. High altitude cerebral edema: welling in the brain. High altitude pulmonary edema: lung symptoms, related to coughing breathing and swelling, create cyanosis. High altitude retinal hemorrhage: bleeding from the eye, wear sun glasses to reduce the sun rays, avoid pressure from increased pupil dilation. Sickle shape relates to red blood cell structure and abnormality the way it forms and its inability to transform oxygen. Prevention of ams: walk/climb gradually, during early stages limit gain 1000ft, climb higher during day, sleep at a lower camp at night.
