Heat-related illness. Plan ahead to protect your patients.
Environmental heat illnesses range from irksome to devastating. People at particular risk are the elderly, the chronically mentally ill, the community-dwelling developmentally delayed, people without social contacts, athletes, and those without access to air-conditioning. Because heat-related deaths are preventable, community-wide response to heat emergencies, together with individual and community education programs, could greatly decrease morbidity and mortality.
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Center for Family Medicine, Sioux Falls, SD 57105, USA. hhett@sunflowr.usd.edu
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D006359:Heat Exhaustion / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000628:therapy; D018882:Heat Stress Disorders / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000628:therapy; D018883:Heat Stroke / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D006801:Humans; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D012307:Risk Factors; D014481:United States