PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-741
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 741
AUGUST 2014
46
PS 741
AUG 14
47
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Heat Exhaustion
•
±Sweating
•
±Weakness
•
±Dark-colored±urine
•
±Muscle±cramps
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±Dizziness
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±Nausea
•
±Headache
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±Confusion
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±Clumsiness/lack±of±±
± coordination
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±Fainting
heat kills, part i
i
Safety…
HEAT KILLS
,
PART I
I
and Here’s the
treatment
for someone
suffering from heat exhaustion…
Heat exhaustion
is the inability to
continue working or
exercising because of
exposure to heat.
On Pages 50-51 of PS
7
40 (Jul 14), we
discussed the causes, risks and sources
of information for
heat injury.
Exertional heat
illness (EHI) refers
to disorders
caused by total
body heat stress…
…primarily
muscle cramps,
heat exhaustion
and heat stroke.
in
this
article, we’ll
discuss types of
heat injuries, their
symptoms, treatment
and prevention.
The two
major
kinds of EHI are
heat
exhaustion
and
heat
stroke.
it usually occurs during hard
physical labor in the hot sun
and high temperatures.
it involves a
loss of body
fluids through
sweating.
if you don’t replace
the fluids you’ve
lost, you’ll suffer
heat exhaustion.
Here are the
symptoms…
• Move the person out of the heat and into an air-
conditioned room where he can rest. If you can’t get
him inside, move him to the nearest cool, shady place.
• Loosen his uniform; remove head gear.
•
Have±him±
drink±2±quarts±
of±water±
over±a±1-hour±
period.±(Make±
sure±he±
doesn’t±drink±
more±than±2±
quarts.)
• If he doesn’t improve within 30 minutes, or if his
condition worsens, get him to a medic or doctor.
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