Heat Stroke: Fall sports
Heat Stroke: Winter sports
Heat STroke: Spring SPorts
Understanding Heat Illness in sports
Prevention:
- Acclimatization: will help athletes be prepared for what is to come
- Hydration- provide adequate breaks foe water
- Modify the intensity: duration or timing of strenous workouts during periods of severe heat or humidity
- Try and prevent sunburns- they limit the bodies ability to cool off
- Encourage athletes to wear lightweight, light colored and breathable clothing
- Restrict exercise if athlete is currently ill
It is important to intake a healthy amount of water when playing sports
Types of Heat Illness
- Heat Cramps:
- Elevated Body Temperatures
- Heat stroke
First Aid Treatments
Move the person into the shade Get the athete comfotable and provide them with water Remove clothing if nedded and if it gets more serious contact 911 or emergency services.
Heat Illness occurs when the body can not properly regulate its temperature. This can lead to mild conditions as well as more life threating conditions
Types of Heat Illnesses
Understanding what our athletes are going through when it comes to heat exhaustion is extremly important if as coaches we brush over these facts it could lead to something more serious.
1. heat cramps- when the body gets to hot and looses fluid and electrolytes the body begins to cramp. 2.heat exhaustion- happens when the body teamperature is elevated up tp 104 degrees. Fatigue, dizzines, headache, nausea, vomiting and a rapid heart race are all present 3.heat stroke- resuslts in altered mental status, meaning that the athlete may be confused, agiateted, or combative. Stupor and seziuers may also happen. Also occurs when body temps reach 104.
Heat Stroke in Fall sports is probably the most common. This is because of the summer months and the hummidity that is lingering while the season changes. At this point it is important to see symptoms such as dizzines or fatigue which can often be confused with lack of conditioning.
Although many would not be inclined to think this heat stroke can be present in winter sports. Mostly when gyms are poorly ventilated due to trying to keep the building warm. This is important to note as a coach as it gives something to make sure we are always on the look out for. Dehydration in the winter may not be as noticable.
Spring is a season where a lot of heat stroke can happen. Athletes start training in temperatures that are too cold for their body and then end their season training in temperatures that their body is struggluing to breath in. This is important to note as the changes in temperature can lead to causes of harm.
Understanding Heat Illness in sports
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Heat Stroke: Fall sports
Heat Stroke: Winter sports
Heat STroke: Spring SPorts
Understanding Heat Illness in sports
Prevention:
It is important to intake a healthy amount of water when playing sports
Types of Heat Illness
First Aid Treatments
Move the person into the shade Get the athete comfotable and provide them with water Remove clothing if nedded and if it gets more serious contact 911 or emergency services.
Heat Illness occurs when the body can not properly regulate its temperature. This can lead to mild conditions as well as more life threating conditions
Types of Heat Illnesses
Understanding what our athletes are going through when it comes to heat exhaustion is extremly important if as coaches we brush over these facts it could lead to something more serious.
1. heat cramps- when the body gets to hot and looses fluid and electrolytes the body begins to cramp. 2.heat exhaustion- happens when the body teamperature is elevated up tp 104 degrees. Fatigue, dizzines, headache, nausea, vomiting and a rapid heart race are all present 3.heat stroke- resuslts in altered mental status, meaning that the athlete may be confused, agiateted, or combative. Stupor and seziuers may also happen. Also occurs when body temps reach 104.
Heat Stroke in Fall sports is probably the most common. This is because of the summer months and the hummidity that is lingering while the season changes. At this point it is important to see symptoms such as dizzines or fatigue which can often be confused with lack of conditioning.
Although many would not be inclined to think this heat stroke can be present in winter sports. Mostly when gyms are poorly ventilated due to trying to keep the building warm. This is important to note as a coach as it gives something to make sure we are always on the look out for. Dehydration in the winter may not be as noticable.
Spring is a season where a lot of heat stroke can happen. Athletes start training in temperatures that are too cold for their body and then end their season training in temperatures that their body is struggluing to breath in. This is important to note as the changes in temperature can lead to causes of harm.