Heat stroke is the most serious heat-related illness in people. It occurs when the body becomes unable to control its temperature. The body’s temperature rises rapidly, its sweating mechanism fails and it is unable to cool down. Body temperature may rise to 106°F or higher within 10 to 15 minutes.
You don’t have to be working outside all day to get too hot. The same goes for our pets. It is important to monitor people and pets during days with high heat and humidity.
Source: National Hog Farmer, June 21, 2021. Link. Melissa O’Rourke shares some basic ways that employers can protect workers from heat stress and illness including links to OSHA, CDC and other extension sources. Most resources prioritize moving people and pets into shade, cooler environments and sponging with cool not cold water to drop body temperatures.
In any business. . . the most important resource is the people. We need to do whatever we can to preserve and protect what I see as a priceless resource – our people.” – Melissa O’Rourke
INSIGHTS: This resource explains overheating symptom progression in people.
