Heat exhaustion is a disabling but not immediately life-threatening condition that occurs when the body becomes dehydrated through excessive sweating. Symptoms include:
• Fatigue;
• Nausea/dizziness;
• Headaches;
• Weakened heartbeat;
• Excessive thirst;
• And fainting.
Though heat exhaustion is not fatal, it can progress into heat stroke if these early warning signs are ignored. Immediate medical treatment (which involves re-hydrating and cooling the body) is necessary.
Heat stroke occurs when sweating cannot cool the body adequately and body temperatures rise to dangerous levels (even up to 106 degrees)--temperatures that can literally cook the brain. Symptoms include:
• Red, hot and dry skin (no sweating);
• Rapid pulse;
• Throbbing headache;
• Fatigue;
• Nausea/dizziness;
• Confusion;
• And unconsciousness.
Heat stroke can be life-threatening if not treated properly. Suspected heat stroke victims should be given emergency medical care immediately.
Can we NEVER escape the mommy-syndrome where we have to be told not to be idiots?
It is insulting to have to listen to this on the news. I can always hear when it's coming -- "Here are a few tips on how to keep safe while....." It ALWAYS follows something like a shark/dog/bear attack, or some such thing.
Sorry, it just annoys me to be treated like a moron.
Jellyfish. I fear them more than sharks.
By the way I find the articles that You post to be
interesting and informative. Keep up the good work:)
JUST kidding......truly.
The only logical answer is some "common sense pool-swimming-beach control laws".
/s
And if the ocean should unexpectedly recede in a big way, run like hell in the opposite direction...
" fire residue and superheated sand can severely burn bare feet -- use a barbecue that is elevated off the sand"
And the coals stay lit for a very long time too!
I dug a firepit in beach sand and lit a bag of charcoal around 11pm one night and cooked some steaks. Before going to bed I covered up the pit with sand. At 6:00pm the next day I dug out the pit to light a new fire and found live coals from the previous night's bag of charcoal.
We always preferred to swim in lakes and fortunately they were also plentiful.
Just don't like the combination of salt, sand, and stinging jellyfish.
Completely ignoring the point that they're just incidental to deliberately immersing one's self in an unsanitary industrial solvent, inhalation of which can kill in seconds.
:-)
If you do find yourself in trouble while swimming and no one notices you waving and shouting, it's best to swim farther out, away from the shore. This way your body will probably never be found and your family won't have to look at you all bloaty and everything (maybe even with jellyfish stings if you're really unlucky).