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- Take appropriate safety measures to avoid exertional heatstroke.
- Take appropriate safety measures to avoid classic heatstroke.
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Take appropriate safety measures to avoid exertional heatstroke.  |
- Tell patients to:
- Be aware of skin disorders that may interfere with sweating, such as large burns and anhydrosis
- Enforce proper modification of activities to include adequate rest and avoid dehydration
- Train and work only under proper climatic conditions
- Verify proper acclimation to environmental conditions
- Refrain from training or working when ill, especially with diarrhea or a flu-like illness
- Adjust clothing according to the weather
- Use appropriate personal protective equipment (i.e., garments with sufficient evaporative and, if needed, cooling properties) for people at risk for occupational heatstroke such as underground miners, firefighters, and manual laborers
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Take appropriate safety measures to avoid classic heatstroke. |
- Support policies during heat wave periods, including:
- Alerting at-risk patients
- Providing access to air-conditioned quarters
- Advising that fans alone are insufficient to prevent heatstroke
- Tell patients to:
- Be aware of skin disorders that may interfere with sweating, such as large burns and anhydrosis
- Enforce proper modification of activities to include adequate rest and avoid dehydration
- Use appropriate personal protective equipment (i.e., garments with sufficient evaporative and, if needed, cooling properties) for people at risk for occupational heatstroke such as underground miners, firefighters, and manual laborers
- Institute population-wide surveillance systems to provide early-warning and epidemiologic data around heat waves
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| Dani Moran, PhD has no financial relationships with pharmaceutical companies, biomedical device manufacturers, or health-care related organizations. James Glazer, MD, editorial consultant, has no financial relationships with pharmaceutical companies, biomedical device manufacturers, or health-care related organizations. Liran Mendel, BMedSc has no financial relationships with pharmaceutical companies, biomedical device manufacturers, or health-care related organizations. Moshe Rav-Acha, MD has no financial relationships with pharmaceutical companies, biomedical device manufacturers, or health-care related organizations.
Steven E. Weinberger, MD, FACP, Acting Editor, PIER, has stock holdings in Glaxosmithkline and Abbott. |
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