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How to Prevent Heat-Related Illness in Children How to Prevent Heat-Related Illness in Children: Steps, tips and overall warnings. From eHow.com (Heat Related) http://www.ehow.com/ehow/ehow.jsp?id=7177 Fact Sheet: Extreme Heat Fact Sheet: Extreme Heat: Ways to keep people and buildings cool during a heat wave. From the US Federal Emergence Management Agency (FEMA). (Heat Related) http://www.fema.gov/hazards/extremeheat/heatf.shtm Heat Safety Heat Safety: What to do when a heat wave strikes. Heat related illnesses and symptoms. The heat index section and its effects is especially important for high risk individuals. From the National Weather Service. (Heat Related) http://www.nws.noaa.gov/er/lwx/heat.htm Heat illness Heat illness: CBC News reports on heat stroke and heat exhaustion. (Heat Related) http://cbc.ca/news/indepth/background/heat_illness.html Dehydration Dehydration: Information on dehydration and heat-related illness, presented by Survive Outdoors, Inc. (Heat Related) http://www.surviveoutdoors.com/reference/dehydration.asp Heat Exhaustion and Heat Stroke Heat Exhaustion and Heat Stroke: Consumer health resource center providing information on the causes, symptoms, and treatment on heat related illness. Presented by eMedicine Health. (Heat Related) http://www.emedicinehealth.com/articles/6209-1.asp HowStuffWorks: How Heat Stroke Works HowStuffWorks: How Heat Stroke Works: Brief narrative explains the cause, effect and treatment of heat stroke. (Heat Related) http://www.howstuffworks.com/question699.htm Dead Heat - Why Don't Americans Sweat Over Heat-Wave Deaths? Dead Heat - Why Don't Americans Sweat Over Heat-Wave Deaths?: Raises the question of why more attention is not paid to these preventable deaths. [Slate] (Heat Related) http://slate.msn.com/id/2068612/ Heat Stroke, Dehydration and Prevention - Cooler Heads Prevail Heat Stroke, Dehydration and Prevention - Cooler Heads Prevail: Uses the story of three hikers to illustrate what can go wrong in the heat. Stresses drinking water and electrolytes. From the GORP Trail Survival Guide. (Heat Related) http://gorp.away.com/gorp/publishers/ics/hea_medb.htm MEDLINEplus: Heat Illness MEDLINEplus: Heat Illness: Resources and fact sheets for dealing with heat related illnesses. (Heat Related) http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/heatillness.html eMedicine Health - Heat Cramps eMedicine Health - Heat Cramps: Consumer health resource center providing information on the causes, symptoms, and treatment. (Heat Related) http://www.emedicinehealth.com/articles/6186-1.asp Dehydration and Heat Stroke Dehydration and Heat Stroke: Presents the causes, symptoms, and prevention, from the University of Maryland Medicine. (Heat Related) http://www.umm.edu/non_trauma/dehyrat.htm Extreme Heat Extreme Heat: Identifies people most at risk, explains how to stay healthy in hot weather, and lists symptoms and treatment of problems such as heat stroke, heat rash, and sunburns. From the US National Center for Environmental Health (NCEH). (Heat Related) http://www.cdc.gov/nceh/hsb/extremeheat/ Heat-Related Illness Heat-Related Illness: Tips for staying safe in warm weather, and how to recognize and care for different stages of heat injuries. Includes a glossary of related terms. From the American Red Cross. (Heat Related) http://www.redcross.org/services/hss/tips/heat.html