title: Wilderness Medical Society practice guidelines for the prevention and treatment of heat-related illness.
abstract: The Wilderness Medical Society (WMS) convened an expert panel to develop a set of evidence-based guidelines for the recognition, prevention, and treatment of heat-related illness. We present a review of the classifications, pathophysiology, and evidence-based guidelines for planning and preventive measures as well as best-practice recommendations for both field- and hospital-based therapeutic management of heat-related illness. These recommendations are graded based on the quality of supporting evidence and the balance between the benefits and risks or burdens for each modality.
authors.affiliation: Division of Emergency Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA. Electronic address: grantlip@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Grant S
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Lipman
authors.forename: Kurt P
authors.initials: KP
authors.lastname: Eifling
authors.forename: Mark A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Ellis
authors.forename: Flavio G
authors.initials: FG
authors.lastname: Gaudio
authors.forename: Edward M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Otten
authors.forename: Colin K
authors.initials: CK
authors.lastname: Grissom
mesh_terms: D018882:Heat Stress Disorders / Q000145:classification / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D014481:United States; D055813:Wilderness Medicine / Q000379:methods*
keywords: heat illness; heat stroke; prevention; recognition; treatment