Source: AGSAFE

Tip for Your Operation: Heat Illness Symptoms & First Aid  

Heat Stroke:
* Symptoms – confusion, fainting, seizures, excessive sweating, red or hot, dry skin 

* First Aid  - call 911, while waiting:
o Place worker in shady cool area
o Loosen clothing, remove outer clothing
o Fan air on worker, place cold packs in armpits  
o Wet worker with cool water
o Provide fluids
o Stay with worker until help arrives  

Heat Exhaustion:
* Symptoms – Moist skin, heavy sweating, headache, nausea or vomiting, dizziness, light headedness, weakness, thirst, irritability, fast heart beat 

* First Aid  
o Have worker sit or lie down in a cool, shady area
o Give worker plenty of water or other cool beverages to drink
o Cool worker with cold compresses/ice packs  
o Take to clinic or emergency room for medical evaluation or treatment if signs or symptoms worsen or do not improve within 60 minutes
o Do not return to work that day

For more information on Heat Illness Prevention visit: https://www.osha.gov/SLTC/heatstress/heat_illnesses.html  

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