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Heat Stress: Safety Training Handout

Heat stroke is the most severe heat-related illness and occurs when the body's temperature regulation fails and sweating is inadequate. Symptoms include hot, dry skin and a body temperature over 105 degrees F along with confusion, delirium or unconsciousness. Heat exhaustion is caused by excessive sweating and fluid loss, leading to weakness, fatigue, nausea or headache. Heat cramps occur among those who sweat heavily but do not replace lost salt. To prevent heat-related illnesses, it is important to drink water regularly to replace sweat losses, avoid excess sun exposure, and recognize symptoms of heat stroke, exhaustion and cramps.

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Heat Stress: Safety Training Handout

Heat stroke is the most severe heat-related illness and occurs when the body's temperature regulation fails and sweating is inadequate. Symptoms include hot, dry skin and a body temperature over 105 degrees F along with confusion, delirium or unconsciousness. Heat exhaustion is caused by excessive sweating and fluid loss, leading to weakness, fatigue, nausea or headache. Heat cramps occur among those who sweat heavily but do not replace lost salt. To prevent heat-related illnesses, it is important to drink water regularly to replace sweat losses, avoid excess sun exposure, and recognize symptoms of heat stroke, exhaustion and cramps.

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Heat Stress

Safety Training Handout

Heat stroke is the most serious heat-related health


problem. It occurs when the body's temperature regulatory
system fails and sweating becomes inadequate. A heat
stroke victim's skin is hot, usually dry, red or spotted. Body
temperature is usually 105 degrees F or higher, and the
victim is mentally confused, delirious, perhaps in
convulsions, or unconscious. Unless the victim receives
quick and appropriate treatment, death can occur. Any
person with signs or symptoms of heat stroke requires
immediate hospitalization.

Smart Safety Rules

Heat exhaustion is
caused by the loss of
large amounts
of body fluid by
sweating,
sometimes
with
excessive loss
of salt. A person
suffering from
heat
exhaustion
still sweats but
experiences
extreme
weakness
or
fatigue,
giddiness, nausea,
or headache. In more serious cases, the victim may vomit
or lose consciousness. The skin is clammy and moist, the
complexion is pale or flushed, and the body temperature is
normal or only slightly elevated.

Don't drink alcohol or drinks


with caffeine

Heat cramps are painful spasms of the muscles that occur


among those who sweat profusely in heat, drink large
quantities of water, but do not adequately replace the
body's salt loss. Drinking large quantities of water tends to
dilute the body's fluids, while the body continues to lose
salt.

Dont wear dark, tight-fitting


clothes
Dont eat heavy meals
before working in the heat
Cover as much of your body
as possible
Keep drinking water close by

Know and react to


symptoms of heat-related
health problems

Drinking Water

During a day's work in the heat,


a person may produce as
much as 2 to 3 gallons of
sweat. It is important that water
intake during the workday be
about equal to the amount of
sweat produced. Dont depend
on thirst to signal when and
how much to drink. Instead,
Transient heat fatigue is a temporary state of discomfort drink 5 to 7 ounces of fluids
and mental or psychological strain caused by prolonged every 15 to 20 minutes to
heat exposure. Symptoms include a decline in task replenish the necessary fluids
in the body.
performance, coordination, alertness, and vigilance.

Fainting may occur to a person not accustomed to hot


environments and who stands erect and immobile in the
heat. With enlarged blood vessels in the skin and in the
lower part of the body due to the body's attempts to control
internal temperature, blood may pool there rather than
return to the heart to be pumped to the brain. Moving
around prevents blood from pooling and prevents fainting.

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