Heat and Environmental Illness

HEAT CRAMP REPLACEMENTS

100

Get some salt into your body!  You would need to spit out the outside of this salty snack. 

Sunflower Seeds

200

This will put electrolytes into yours, or a baby's body

Pedialyte 

300

I used to be a cucumber

Pickles/Pickle Juice 

400

I grow on a tree and have a hard shell but I am also a water

Coconut Water

500

A hydration packet you would probably get these from your Foreman/Supervisor 

Sqwenchers

HEAT: CRAMP/EXHAUSTION/RASH/STROKE OR SUNBURN?

100

Confusion, fainting, seizures, may no longer be sweating.

First Aid Measures: Call 911/Move injured person to cool shady place/Apply ice packs or cool compress.

Heat Stroke

200

Cool, moist skin, heavy sweating, headache.

First Aid Measures: If conscious, give small amounts of cool water to drink/Obtain medical attention if you suspect heat stroke.

Heat Exhaustion

300

Muscle spasms, pain in abdomen.  First sign your body is having trouble with the heat. 

First Aid Measures: Replenish lost fluid and electrolytes/Gently stretch the cramping muscle.

Heat Cramps

400

Clusters of red bumps on skin.

First Aid Measures: Keep area dry, work in cooler, less humid environment.

Heat Rash

500

Too much exposure to the sun.

First Aid Measures: Use skin lotions, work in the shade.

Sunburn

ITS ALL IN THE NUMBERS

100

Number to call for a Heat Stroke victim?

911

200

Body temperature can rise to how many degress when suffering from a heat stroke?

103-105

300

Cups of water you should have per hour when it is really hot out

4

400

Section number in the Safety Handbook that addresses Weather-Related Precautions

9

500

Survival rate for heat exhaustion when rapid, proper treatment is given to someone suffering from the issue.

100%

LIMITS OF THE HUMAN BODY FACT OR MYTH

100

 Sunburn affects your body’s ability to cool itself, so protect yourselves; hat, sunglasses, SPF of at LEAST 30.

Fact

200

My medications/health conditions will not affect my ability to work safely in the heat

Myth.  Health problems that may put a worker at a greater heat illness risk include: obesity, diabetes, colds and the flu.  Certain medications may affect the body's ability to coll down or may cause the body to heat up more quickly. 

300

Acclimazation will protect you during a heat wave.

Myth.  Acclimtization occurs when a person is exposed to extreme conditions over a 7-10 day period.  During heat waves, temperatures rise quickly, and workers will not be able to immediately acclimate. 

400

Men sweat more than women.

Fact.  Although women have more sweat glands, men' sweat glands are more active, leading them to sweat more. 

500

When a person's core body temperature reaches 107.6 degrees Fahrenheit, heatstoke cannot be reversed and will prove fatal.

Fact.