Heat Stroke and Heat Exhaustion University of Phoenix
Susie Hughes
HCS 245
August 29, 2011
Mr. Carmon

Heat Stroke and Heat Exhaustion
In Dallas of this year, a football coach with a heart condition from a heat stroke. He was practicing with his team in heat that was more than 100 degrees. Two days later, two South Georgia football players, died from heat exhaustion, both were 16 years of age. For the past two months, the country has been under the threat of hot and humid temperatures. Heat advisors in most countries across the United States, are broadcast publicly to ensure that people are taking serious precautions during the months of extreme humid temperatures. In this essay, the writer will discuss: (1) definition and short history of heat strokes and heat exhaustion conditions, (2) the symptoms and the signs of each illness, (3) how is heat strokes/heat exhaustion acquired, (4) the diagnosis and treatments, (5) alternative treatments, and (6) the statistics.
Definition and Short History of Heat Strokes and heat exhaustion Heat stokes and heat exhaustion are heat-related illnesses. The Center of Disease Control and Prevention (2011) states that, “historically from 1979-2003, excessive heat exposure caused 8,015 deaths in the United Stated, which 300 deaths were accounted for during 2001.” Heat exhaustion, is an insignificant nature of heat-related illnesses, and occurs when a person is working, children are playing, or out-sider workers were exposed to extreme, humid environments. During heat exhaustion a person’s body loses body fluids from too much sweating, dehydration, and rising body temperature.
Heat strokes are more severe than a person suffering from heat exhaustion. Heat strokes are classified as exertion heat stroke (EHS), or non-exertion heat stroke (NEHS). During an exertion heat