Health Topics

Heat Illness

Health information topics about Heat Illness:

Children

    1. Parents' and Coaches' Guide to Dehydrati
    National Athletic Trainers' Association
    http://www.nata.org/publicinformation/files/parentandcoachesguide.pdf

    2. High Temperatures Could Mean Tragedy for a Child L
    Nemours Foundation
    http://kidshealth.org/breaking_news/High_temperature_car.html

    3. Heat Illness
    Nemours Foundation
    http://kidshealth.org/parent/firstaid_safe/emergencies/heat.html

Clinical Trials

    1. ClinicalTrials.gov: Sunstroke
    National Institutes of Health
    http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct/gui/action/FindCondition?ui=D013474&recruiting...

    2. ClinicalTrials.gov: Heat Stress Disorders
    National Institutes of Health
    http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct/gui/action/FindCondition?ui=D018882&recruiting...

Organizations

    1. National Institute on Aging

    http://www.nia.nih.gov/

    2. National Institute for Occupational Safety and Hea

    http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/homepage.html

    3. National Center for Environmental Health

    http://www.cdc.gov/nceh/

Overviews

    1. Extreme Heat
    Federal Emergency Management Agency
    http://www.fema.gov/areyouready/heat.shtm

    2. Frequently Asked Questions for Extreme Heat
    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
    http://www.bt.cdc.gov/disasters/extremeheat/faq.asp

Prevention/Screening

    1. Extreme Heat: Tips for Preventing Heat-Related Ill
    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
    http://www.bt.cdc.gov/disasters/extremeheat/heattips.asp

    2. Extreme Heat: A Prevention Guide to Promote Your P
    National Center for Environmental Health
    http://www.bt.cdc.gov/disasters/extremeheat/heat_guide.asp

Related Issues

    1. Heat Index
    National Weather Service
    http://www.crh.noaa.gov/pub/heat.php

    2. Dehydration
    Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
    http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=DS00561

Seniors

    1. Hyperthermia: Too Hot for Your Health
    National Institute on Aging
    http://www.niapublications.org/engagepages/hyperther.asp

    2. Heat Stress in the Elderly
    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
    http://www.bt.cdc.gov/disasters/extremeheat/elderlyheat.asp

    3. It's Too Darn Hot - Planning for Excessive He
    Environmental Protection Agency
    http://www.epa.gov/aging/pdfs/2004_09_extremefixed.pdf

Specific Conditions

    1. Heat Cramps
    Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
    http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=FA00021

    2. Heat Exhaustion
    Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
    http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=FA00020

    3. Heat Stroke
    Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
    http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=FA00019

Teenagers

    1. Dehydration
    Nemours Foundation
    http://kidshealth.org/teen/safety/first_aid/dehydration.html

    2. Young Athletes and Hot Practices
    Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
    http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=SM00037

Treatment

    1. Heat Illness
    National Center for Farmworker Health
    http://www.ncfh.org/pateduc/en-heat.htm

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