A cool perspective on heat injury: staying vigilant in varied conditions.
Environmental conditions that day in Vancouver did not at all bring to mind heatstroke. Ambient temperature stayed below 21 C (70 F), with a gentle breeze off the bay. What's more, the event was a mere 10-km "fun run." Yet the medical tent saw several cases of hyperthermia-and I had the sore ribs to prove it.
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Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA. gord@stanford.edu.