CHILDREN’S HEALTH: EMERGENCY SYMPTOMS AND TREATMENT OF HEATSTROKE
Emergency symptoms: Apply emergency treatment immediately.
Important: A child with heatstroke who does not revive within minutes after treatment is in danger and requires immediate emergency care.
Symptoms: feeling that lungs and muscles are “on fire”, dry mouth, breathing difficulty, dizziness, nausea blurred vision, hot, dry skin, high fever, absence of sweating.
Emergency treatment
1. Call for emergency help and begin first aid.
2. Remove the child’s clothing and lay the child down, feet higher than head, in a shady area.
3. Pour cold water over the child’s body; rub the body with ice, then fan the child to promote evaporation.
5. Watch the child closely and repeat treatment if the symptoms recur.
Precautions
- Heatstroke can be fatal if not treated immediately.
- Heatstroke occurs most often when both temperature and humidity are high.
- Strenuous exercise within one week of an attack of heatstroke increases the possibility of another attack.
- Susceptibility to heatstroke is increased by: lack of water; excessive sweating; vomiting or diarrhea.
- Salt tablets are not helpful in preventing heatstroke.
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