title: Preparation and creativity help EDs 'beat the heat'.
abstract: Don't wait for a heat wave or dire weather forecasts to start preparing. It will get hot sometime each year. Set up parallel processing systems to handle the additional influx of heat-injured patients. Train pre-hospital providers to be aware of and report the home circumstances of patients. Pre-stock cooling blankets. If you don't have any, obtain industrial fans from environmental services.
mesh_terms: D000389:Air Conditioning; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006358:Hot Temperature; D010934:Planning Techniques; D014481:United States