Your aims are to lower the casualty's body temperature as quickly as possible and arrange urgent removal to hospital. You need to quickly move the casualty to a cool place and remove as much of the...
First Aid Steps for Heat Exhaustion:
1. Get the person out of the sun and into a shady or air-conditioned location.
2. Lay the person down and elevate their legs and feet slightly.
3. Loosen or...
In any heat stroke the body should be cooled immediately. The person should be moved inside, or at least into the shade. Clothing should be removed and cold water, cold cloths or even a cool bath...
no. Heat stroke is due to overheating and dehydration. A stroke is due to some error in blood flow to the brain (bleeding, blocked, or circulatory failure)
You get heat stroke because your body overheats and can't take it. Either because it is weak or old. Dehydration or lack of body salts . ***Heat stroke is simply a body temperature above 40 degC. It...