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| Web Pages |
| How to Prevent Heat-Related Illness in Children |
| Steps, tips and overall warnings. From eHow.com |
| MEDLINEplus: Heat Illness |
| Resources and fact sheets for dealing with heat related illnesses. |
| Heat Safety |
| What to do when a heat wave strikes. Heat related illnesses and symptoms. The heat index section and its effects is especially important for high risk individuals. From the National Weather Service. |
| HowStuffWorks: How Heat Stroke Works |
| Brief narrative explains the cause, effect and treatment of heat stroke. |
| Heat illness |
| CBC News reports on heat stroke and heat exhaustion. |
| Extreme Heat |
| Identifies people most at risk, explains how to stay healthy in hot weather, and lists symptoms and treatment of problems such as heat stroke, heat rash, and sunburns. From the US National Center for Environmental Health (NCEH). |
| Heat-Related Illness |
| Tips for staying safe in warm weather, and how to recognize and care for different stages of heat injuries. Includes a glossary of related terms. From the American Red Cross. |
| Fact Sheet: Extreme Heat |
| Ways to keep people and buildings cool during a heat wave. From the US Federal Emergence Management Agency (FEMA). |
| Dead Heat - Why Don't Americans Sweat Over Heat-Wave Deaths? |
| Raises the question of why more attention is not paid to these preventable deaths. [Slate] |
| Dehydration and Heat Stroke |
| Presents the causes, symptoms, and prevention, from the University of Maryland Medicine. |
| Heat Stroke, Dehydration and Prevention - Cooler Heads Prevail |
| Uses the story of three hikers to illustrate what can go wrong in the heat. Stresses drinking water and electrolytes. From the GORP Trail Survival Guide. |