Discussion
Symptoms such as nausea and dizziness in a heat exhaustion victim indicate that the person most likely needs to
Answer: B
The person most likely needs to be given more salt water.
Nausea and dizziness are listed among the symptoms of heat exhaustion, which results from losing water and salt through sweating. The first-aid treatment described includes giving the victim sips of salt water over a 1-hour period, together with lying down, raised feet and cool, wet cloths.
Immersion in a tub of water (C) is the treatment for heat stroke. An immediate hospital transfer (A) is not what the passage prescribes for exhaustion, and sweating more (D) would lose still more water and salt, the very cause of the condition.
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