Heat-Related Illnesses: What to Look For [and] What to Do [2017]

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for Environmental Health (U.S.) ; United States. Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.
• Description:
  Heat Stroke
  
  WHAT TO LOOK FOR
  
  • High body temperature (103°F or higher)
  
  • Hot, red, dry, or damp skin
  
  • Fast, strong pulse
  
  • Headache
  
  • Dizziness
  
  • Nausea
  
  • Confusion
  
  • Losing consciousness (passing out)
  
  WHAT TO DO
  
  • Call 911 right away-heat stroke is a medical emergency
  
  • Move the person to a cooler place
  
  • Help lower the person’s temperature with cool cloths or a cool bath
  
  • Do not give the person anything to drink
  
  Heat Exhaustion
  
  • Heavy sweating
  
  • Cold, pale, and clammy skin
  
  • Fast, weak pulse
  
  • Nausea or vomiting
  
  • Muscle cramps
  
  • Tiredness or weakness
  
  • Fainting (passing out)
  
  • Move to a cool place
  
  • Loosen your clothes
  
  • Put cool, wet cloths on your body or take a cool bath
  
  • Sip water
  
  • Get medical help right away if:
  
  • You are throwing up
  
  • Your symptoms get worse
  
  • Your symptoms last longer than 1 hour
  
  Heat Cramps
  
  • Heavy sweating during intense exercise
  
  • Muscle pain or spasms
  
  • Stop physical activity and move to a cool place
  
  • Drink water or a sports drink
  
  • Wait for cramps to go away before you do any more physical activity
  
  • Cramps last longer than 1 hour
  
  • You’re on a low-sodium diet
  
  • You have heart problems
  
  Sunburn
  
  • Painful, red, and warm skin
  
  • Blisters on the skin
  
  • Stay out of the sun until your sunburn heals
  
  • Put cool cloths on sunburned areas or take a cool bath
  
  • Put moisturizing lotion on sunburned areas
  
  • Do not break blisters
  
  Heat Rash
  
  • Red clusters of small blisters that look like pimples on the skin (usually on the neck, chest, groin, or in elbow creases)
  
  • Stay in a cool, dry place
  
  • Keep the rash dry
  
  • Use powder (like baby powder) to soothe the rash
  
  CS280226
  
  Heat_Related_Illness.pdf
  
  
• Subjects:
  Heat Exhaustion Heat Stress Disorders
• Document Type:
  Poster
• Genre:
  Infographic
• Pages in Document:
  1 poster
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
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