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Now let's talk about heat related emergencies.
We obviously have a gentleman here who has
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been working at the press. It's a hot environment
and we can tell that because he's sweating
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so profusely. He also began to feel dizzy
and needed to sit down. Now though he had
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a bottle of water nearby, he is probably not
keeping up with the sheer amount of water
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loss that he's been experiencing. So what
are some of the signs and symptoms of heat
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exhaustion? Obviously profuse sweating, dizziness,
extreme thirst and cramping. Cramps of the
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abdomen, cramps in the legs. These are all
signs that his electrolyte balance is getting
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out of wack and that he's losing too many
fluids. If this isn't stopped, if we don't
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intervene at this point, it's going to progress
to the next level which is heat stroke and
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that is probably different in that they're
going to go from wet to dry in most cases.
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They stop sweating because they don't have
enough fluids to lose and they go unresponsive,
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unconscious. If this person goes unresponsive
and is not breathing normally, we're going
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to start CPR. Remember, when they start to
lose consciousness or if they're not breathing
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normally, that's a 911 call. We're going to
activate EMS by calling 911 and we're going
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to try cooling them down. If they can't drink
anything safely, we're going to need to find
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water from a hose, from a bucket of water,
cups of water and start really pouring the
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water down over their body, on their clothing
to bring their core temperature down as best
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we can. If we are able to put cold packs underneath
their armpits or around their neck, that's
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another great way to try to cool them down.
Remember, recognizing that a person is coming
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into heat related emergencies and getting
to them and reversing that before they hit
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heatstroke is the best way of survival from
this type of emergency.
