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Heat stress can result in heat-related illnesses, such as heat stroke, hyperthermia, heat exhaustion, heat cramps, heat rashes, and chronic kidney disease (CKD). [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Although heat exhaustion is less severe, heat stroke is a medical emergency and requires emergency treatment , which if not provided, can lead to death .
Heat illness is a spectrum of disorders due to increased body temperature. It can be caused by either environmental conditions or by exertion. It includes minor conditions such as heat cramps, heat syncope, and heat exhaustion as well as the more severe condition known as heat stroke. [1] It can affect any or all anatomical systems. [2]
In surface mining, leading hazards include such issues as geological instability, [55] contact with plant and equipment, rock blasting, thermal environments (heat and cold), respiratory health , etc. [56] In underground mining, operational hazards include respiratory health, explosions and gas (particularly in coal mine operations), geological ...
In addition to new heat regulations, which establish harsh penalties on any construction or agriculture business with five or more outdoor workers, it creates a new county “heat police ...
An early stage of hyperthermia can be "heat exhaustion" (or "heat prostration" or "heat stress"), whose symptoms can include heavy sweating, rapid breathing and a fast, weak pulse. If the condition progresses to heat stroke, then hot, dry skin is typical [ 2 ] as blood vessels dilate in an attempt to increase heat loss.
Heat stroke results in more than 600 deaths a year in the United States. [4] Rates increased between 1995 and 2015. [3] Purely exercise-induced heat stroke, though a medical emergency, tends to be self-limiting (the patient stops exercising from cramp or exhaustion) and fewer than 5% of cases are fatal.
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