heat-stroke

Heat illness is a spectrum of disorders due to environmental exposure to heat. It includes minor conditions such as heat cramps, heat syncope (or fainting from the heat), heat exhaustion, as well as the more severe condition known as heat stroke.

Heat stroke can be deadly for athletes of all ages and levels. Even the fittest and healthiest people need to watch out for signs of heat illness. Sun exposure also contributes to heat illness. More than just heat and humidity, the radiant effect of sun and heat absorbed into surfaces like blacktop and artificial turf can contribute to heat illness.

Dr. Korin Hudson joins us today with some tips on how to stay safe out in the summer heat. She is an associate professor at Georgetown University and a physician practicing sports medicine and emergency medicine with MedStar Health. She is currently a Team Physician for Georgetown University, Assistant Team Physician for the Washington Wizards and the Washington Mystics, and a consulting physician for the Washington Capitals.

Are you watching out for yourself? Are you living your best life?

Advice on how to keep things a little safer.

Strange turn of events, I'm talking about a young man who went down from the Heat yesterday and died in the ambulance ride on the way to work and while I'm talking about it I see a guy sitting in the ditch like a frog.

What are the chances? Actually pretty good this time of day in Ohio.

You might be at work, you might be at a country concert, you might be blasting down the road on your motorcycle, I don't know. Where will YOU be when you see someone suffering from heat exhaust. Do you know what to do?

I'll tell you what I do know. People at work went down yesterday. Some made it, some left in an ambulance.

My friends you have to take steps and protect yourself if you are living like Ohio is living right now from day-to-day not knowing if it's going to be 90 out or 70.

It's going to get hotter. More people are going to drop.