Directory of Heat Related Resources

Heat exhaustion, heatstroke and sunstroke.

Subcategories

Dead Heat - Why Don't Americans Sweat Over Heat-Wave Deaths?

http://slate.com/id/2068612/
Raises the question of why more attention is not paid to these preventable deaths. [Slate]
Dehydration

http://www.surviveoutdoors.com/reference/dehydration.asp
Information on dehydration and heat-related illness, presented by Survive Outdoors, Inc.
eMedicine Health - Heat Cramps

http://www.emedicinehealth.com/heat_cramps/article_em.htm
Consumer health resource center providing information on the causes, symptoms, and treatment.
Excessive Heat Events Guidebook

http://www.epa.gov/hiri/about/heatguidebook.html
The US Environmental Protection Agency offers advice to the public and to emergency service providers about preparing for and coping with heat waves.
How to Prevent Heat-Related Illness in Children

http://www.ehow.com/how_7177_prevent-heat-related.html
Steps, tips and overall warnings. From eHow.com
HowStuffWorks: How Heat Stroke Works

http://www.howstuffworks.com/question699.htm
Brief narrative explains the cause, effect and treatment of heat stroke.
MedlinePlus: Heat Illness

https://medlineplus.gov/heatillness.html
Resources and fact sheets for dealing with heat related illnesses.

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