KINE 2490 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Heat Stroke, Sports Drink
10 Apr 2017
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Lecture 12: february 28, 2017 (3) heat exhaustion: serious acute injury, really want to pay attention and need to act quickly if it gets to this stage. Severe fatigue and weakness: sweating (trying to cool their bodies off), heart rate (tries to redistribute blood). If its happening, splash them with water and we want them to drink (slow and frequent). Still reversible, (3) heat stroke becomes a medical emergency and need to take extra measures. Exertional heat stroke medical emergency, stopped to sweat, need drastic external mechanisms to control the heat. Need to act fast, if you don"t act 1/5 die (heart failure and brain edema). In most cases happens past physical strenuous exercise. (41c, 105f) Reaction - rapid cooling: ice emersion baths (portable tub with water and ice in it) Preventable all you need to do is drink water. Clothing, color, education, medical history, observing, atmospheric conditions (white bulb, black blub, wet bulb) can measure the exact conditions.
