Offer them electrolyte drinks as well, like Gatorade.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nWhen heat exhaustion goes undetected, it can rapidly turn into heat stroke, which is a life-threatening condition.\u00a0 Heat exhaustion advances to heat stroke when the body loses the ability to cool itself.\u00a0 At this point, the person will typically become disoriented, and may lose consciousness, or have a seizure.\u00a0 If this occurs, you should call 911 immediately.<\/p>\n
Do not let yourself or someone you love fall victim to these preventable ailments.\u00a0 When it is warm outside, you should be sure to drink plenty of fluids to stay hydrated.\u00a0 (However, avoid alcoholic or caffeinated beverages, as they actually have a dehydrating effect.)\u00a0 You should also avoid direct exposure to the sun, especially between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m., which are generally the warmest hours of the day.\u00a0 Additionally, you should limit your outdoor exercise to early in the morning or later in the evening when it is cooler.\u00a0 Finally, when you are spending time outdoors and don\u2019t have access to air conditioning nearby, bring a portable fan with you to aid in cooling if you become overheated.\u00a0 Don’t forget your water!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
In June 2011, researchers at Stanford University confirmed that our summers are indeed getting hotter, due to increased emissions of greenhouse gases worldwide.\u00a0 They concluded that if this situation continues, the majority of the world will experience an irreversible rise in summer temperatures, perhaps as soon as within the next 20 years.\u00a0 While this is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":1052,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"no","footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[61,150,21,151],"acf":[],"modified_by":"ArticlesTips","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.medicalalertadvice.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1059"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.medicalalertadvice.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.medicalalertadvice.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.medicalalertadvice.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.medicalalertadvice.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1059"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.medicalalertadvice.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1059\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1066,"href":"https:\/\/www.medicalalertadvice.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1059\/revisions\/1066"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.medicalalertadvice.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1052"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.medicalalertadvice.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1059"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.medicalalertadvice.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1059"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.medicalalertadvice.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1059"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}