Since we are able to work online this week, let’s take this opportunity to learn a bit about how to check if someone is experiencing heat related illness .  Click on  the video below to watch it.  Then, follow the instructions below the video.

Heat Related Illness (Links to an external site.)

Click REPLY below and type a summary of the content of the video.   How can you protect your health when temperatures soar? Be sure your summary is at least 5 to 7 sentences long. After you make your post, read the posts of other students and reply to at least  2 other posting with any additional remarks you’d like to make.

Heat-related illnesses are caused by exposure to intense or the loss of fluids and electrolytes in the body. The video described 3 conditions:

Heat cramps affects the muscles