When Nature Turns Up the Heat.
From: Montefiore Medical Center Home Health Agency, Bronx, N.Y., USA.
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- Publish Date: Aug 1999
- ISSN: 0033-7021
- Volume: 62
- Issue: 8
- Pages: 35-8; quiz 39
- Medium: Print
- Language: English
- Citation (JAMA): Schulmerich S C, et al. When Nature Turns Up the Heat.. Aug 1999;62:35-8; quiz 39
Abstract
Heat-related illness can present as prickly heat, heat cramps, heat exhaustion, or heat stroke. Can you spot the different types and provide the appropriate care? Can you offer advice on how to prevent these disorders in the first place? This article will allow you to answer Yes.
Mesh Headings (Keywords): Diagnosis, Differential, Emergency Nursing, Heat Stress Disorders, Humans, Nursing Assessment, Risk Factors
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