Heat Stroke:

What to look for:

• Headache
• Dizziness
• Nausea
• Confusion
• High body temperature (103°F or higher)
• Hot, red, dry, or damp skin
• Losing consciousness (passing out)

What to do:

• Call 9-1-1 immediately – heat stroke is a medical emergency
• Move the person to a cooler place
• Help lower the person’s temperature with cool cloths or a cool bath
• Do not give the person anything to drink

Heat Exhaustion

What to look for:

• Heavy sweating
• Nausea or vomiting
• Headache
• Dizziness
• Cold, pale, and clammy skin
• Tiredness or weakness
• Fainting (passing out)
• Fast, weak pulse
• Muscle cramps

What to do:

• Put cool, wet cloths on your body or take a cool bath
• Loosen your clothes
• Move to a cool place
• Sip water

Get medical help right away if

• You are throwing up
• Your symptoms get worse
• Your symptoms last longer than 1 hour

Heat Cramps

What to look for:

• Heavy sweating during intense exercise
• Muscle pain or spasms

What to do:

• Stop physical activity and move to a cool place
• Drink water or a sports drink
• Wait for cramps to go away before you continue any physical activity

Get medical help right away if:

• Cramps last longer than 1 hour
• You’re on a low-sodium diet
• You have heart problems

Sunburn

What to look for:

• Painful, red, and warm skin
• Muscle pain or spasms

What to do:

• Stay out of the sun until your sunburn heals
• Put cool cloths on sunburned areas or take a cool bath
• Put moisturizing lotion on sunburned areas
• Do not break blisters

Heat Rash

What to look for:

• Red cluster of small blisters that look like pimples on the skin (usually on the neck, chest, groin, or in elbow creases)

What to do:

• Stay in a cool, dry place
• Keep the rash dry
• Use powder (like baby powder) to sooth the rash