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Summer Safety: Avoid Heat Exhaustion & Heat Stroke (cont.)
As stated earlier, heat stroke is a serious medical since this may cause choking. If it is possible, take the
condition that can lead to death if it is not treated person’s temperature with a thermometer and don’t
immediately. stop cooling until the person reaches 101-102
degrees.
Signs and symptoms of heat stroke include:
High body temperature With proper treatment and returning the body
Absence of sweating with hot red or flushed dry temperature to a normal level, a person can survive
heat exhaustion and heat stroke just fine. Summer is
skin fun. I want you to have a good time outside in the
Rapid heart rate warm/hot weather, but just know the signs and
Difficulty breathing, shortness of breath symptoms for heat stroke and heat exhaustion and do
Strange behavior such as hallucinations, your best to prevent them by:
Staying hydrated and replacing electrolytes with
confusion, agitation, and disorientation
Seizure sports drinks during times of high physical activity
Fainting, and/or unresponsiveness. Taking breaks for re-hydration when spending
During a heat stroke, the body’s temperature can reach long periods in the sun
levels of 106 degrees and needs to be cooled down. If Wearing light weight, flowing clothes
you suspect heat stroke, call 911 immediately and Resting when possible
while you wait for help, cool the person down by
placing them in a cool shady place, remove all heavy Hot weather is what summer is all about, so let’s
clothing, spray the person with a light mist of cool enjoy it and stay safe!
water, fan the person to treat and create
evaporation, which will help cool the skin. If the Source: http://www.thesitsgirls.com/ask-the-expert/stay-safe-this
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Fight the Bite: Summer Bug Safety
Whether you garden, camp, hike or bike – however you or is it a well-maintained area?
work or play outdoors – take steps to “fight the bite” of
annoying insects and bugs with these summer bug safety Keep ticks away from recreational and play areas by:
tips.
Clearing tall grasses and brush around your home; in
Bug Safety: Ticks and Mosquitoes the fall, remove leaf litter.
Ticks and mosquitoes are two bugs that carry bacteria, Placing wood chips or gravel between lawns and
viruses and parasites which can cause serious illnesses, wooded areas.
most notably Lyme disease and the West Nile Virus.
Another area to avoid includes stagnant pools of water
While many people may think that ticks aren’t found in and mud puddles … perfect breeding grounds for
their yards or near their homes, this isn’t true. Ticks can mosquitoes, especially those carrying the West Nile
easily be part of the landscape around your home or Virus.
where you work. They live in moist and humid
environments. Wooded and grassy areas are prime Bug Safety
locations.
Be aware of your surroundings and know where to
Take a look at the areas where you work and where your expect different types of bugs and insects.
kids play: is it a wooded area thick with brush and leaves
The safest bug repellent is wearing the proper
clothing – a full-brimmed hat, covered wrists and
