Dream Vacation

The Dream Vacation

The swiss Alps

The Swiss Alps and the beauty that surrounds it, is the dream vacation destination. I would love to hike, maybe a polar dip, visit the villages, snowboard, and see how high I can hike the mountain. The views alone would be breathtaking and peaceful.

We would hike the glacier. The elements that would be concerning to me would be, if a piece of the glacier broke away. I would be thinking about our current position and could we get crushed. Maybe a big crack forms and one of us falls in, hoping we have enough of the right equipment to survive and get out. What if there is a sudden cold front, are we wearing the appropriate clothing. There's always risk in any type of trip, but that can't hold you back.

A Glacier Visit

There are elements of danger that can happen anywhere. It can be slightly horrible and possibly ruin your day or it can be life threatening by one slip during a walk. A sudden storm can bring on hypothermia, but we will risk it. We have to enjoy life.

The Swiss Alps

• Hypothermia - Being too cold and not able to keep core temperature at a normal range. Symptoms are an increase in basal metabolic rate, muscular shivering, and goosebumps. Then confusion and leads to death.
• Injuries caused by slips, trips, and falls - In secluded areas and not being able to get rescue or fix the injury. Major bleeds can occur, infection due to prolong treatment.
• Frost bite - Due to the cold elements and not maintaining a core temperature. Skin becomes pale, blue and then black.
• Dehydration - A fall that hides you from visability and no one can find you. Then running out of supplies causing dehydration being without water for over a long period of time. The symptoms of being dizzy, confused, disorientated, and mentally unable to make good judgement.

Possible Environmental Emergencies

Boyle's Law is a great way to explain respirations. Breathing in and out, contraction of the muscles that increases and decreases the pressure in our lungs. The more muscles we use to increase the volume in the lungs, the more gas that can be brought in. When the lungs relax, the less gases there are in the lungs. There is 760mm in the air and it's broken down into nitrogen of 78%, oxygen of 21%, carbon dioxide 0.04%, and other gases = 592.8, 159.6, and 30.4. This will equal total atmospheric pressure.

Boyle's Law

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