- MedlinePlus: Heat Illness
Fact sheets and news about heat-related conditions such as dehydration, heat cramps, and heatstroke.
www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/heatillness.html
- Working in Hot Environments
Information about heat stress from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.
www.cdc.gov/niosh/hotenvt.html
- CDC: Extreme Heat
Information about recognizing and preventing heat-related illnesses, including tips on outdoor and indoor safety, heat stress in the elderly, and links to more resources.
www.bt.cdc.gov/disasters/extremeheat/index.asp
- familydoctor.org: Heat-Related Illness: What You Can Do to Prevent It
Includes an explanation of the heat index.
familydoctor.org/online/famdocen/home/healthy/firstaid/basics/088.html
- eMedicine.com: Heat Exhaustion and Heatstroke
Clinical and workup notes on heat illness.
www.emedicine.com/emerg/topic236.htm
- Heat Cramps, Heat Exhaustion, and Heat Stroke
Information on preventing heat-related illnesses.
www.drreddy.com/heat.html
- Dehydration and Heat Injury
Explains how humidity contributes to heat illness.
www.rice.edu/~jenky/sports/dehydration.html
- KidsHealth: Heat Illness
Information about treating heat cramps, heat exhaustion, and heatstroke in children.
www.kidshealth.org/parent/firstaid_safe/emergencies/heat.html
- Preventing Heat Stress in Children and Adolescents
Facts about heat exhaustion in kids.
healthlink.mcw.edu/article/963335058.html
- Heat Stress (Sun Stress)
Information about medical emergencies triggered by hot weather.
www.ci.phoenix.az.us/FIRE/fireheat.html
- Merck Manual: Heat Disorders
Includes symptoms, signs, and treatment for heatstroke, heat exhaustion, and heat cramps.
www.merck.com/pubs/mmanual/section20/chapter279/279a.htm
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