BLS Part 1

Heat-Related Emergency
Management
HEAT
EMERGENCIES
Heat emergencies or
illnesses are health crises
caused by exposure to hot
weather and sun.
1
To identify the MOST
COMMON Heat-related
Illnesses
OBJECTIVES
To discuss the To recognize the
CAUSES,SIGNS benefit of
and SYMPTOMS of Heat-related
Heat-related EMERGENCY
Emergencies MANAGEMENT
Why do HEAT EMERGENCY
happen?
Exposure to abnormal or
prolonged amounts of heat
and humidity without relief
or adequate fluid intake can
cause many types of heat-
related illness.
Types of
HEAT RELATED EMERGENCIES
HEAT HEAT HEAT
CRAMPS EXHAUSTION STROKE
Painful involuntary Occurs in conditions of When the body
muscle cramps that extreme heat and becomes unable
can occur during excessive sweating to control its
and after exercise. without adequate fluid. temperature
HEAT RELATED EMERGENCY
SIGNS
HEAT
CRAMPS
Painful cramps,
especially in the
legs
Flushed, moist skin.

SIGNS
HEAT
EXHAUSTION
Heavy sweating Headache
Paleness Nausea or vomiting
Muscle cramps Fainting
Tiredness and Cool, moist skin
weakness Fast , weak pulse
Dizziness
SIGNS
HEAT STROKE
Strange behavior, headache, dizziness,
confusion, disorientation, coma
High body temperature
Absence of sweating
Red, hot, dry and flushed skin
Rapid pulse and DOB
Nausea, vomiting, fatigue and weakness
✓ Evaluate the scene
✓ Assess safety
✓ Do head-to-toe check
✓ Ask what happen
✓ Move only if necessary
Assess the Scene

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First Aid Management
HEAT ✓Remove the patient from the
CRAMPS area
✓Encourage the patient to drink
beverage containing salt
✓Stretch the affected muscle
and massage the area once the
spasm has passed
HEAT
✓Move to cool place
EXHAUSTION ✓Lay victim down
✓Elevate feet
✓Loosen clothing
✓Give fluids
✓Apply cool compresses
✓ Call for help
HEAT STROKE ✓ Move person into a cool place
✓ Cool the patient immediately
immersing in water
✓ Spray with water, fan patient, ice
bags
✓ Monitor V/S
✓ Shock Position – BP below
normal range
FAINTING
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CAUSES
✓ Emotional Stress
✓ Pain
✓ Medical Condition
✓ Standing for long
period of time
✓ Pregnant women
and Elderly
ASTHMA ATTACK
An illness in which
certain substances or
conditions that will
trigger and cause
inflammation,
constriction and making
breathing difficult
MANAGEMENT
1. Remain Calm
2. Help to sit
comfortably
3. Loosen tight
clothing
4. Assist the person
with the prescribed
medicine
ANAPHYLAXIS
An allergic reaction caused by the
over activity of the immune system
against specific antigens
A severe, potentially life-threatening

allergic reaction
1. Call local emergency number
2. Calm and reassure the person
3. Help person to REST
4. Monitor airway breathing
5. Assist with the prescribed medicine
6. Monitor
● A seizure is a sudden attack of physical manifestations
or changes in behavior that occur after an episode of
What is a seizure ? abnormal electrical activity in the brain. It is often used
interchangeably with “convulsions”.
TYPES OF SEIZURES
• Tonic: Muscles in the body
become stiff.
• Syncope is a temporary loss of
• Atonic: Muscles in the body
consciousness usually related to
relax. insufficient blood flow to the
• Myoclonic: Short jerking in parts brain. It's also called fainting or
of the body. "passing ...
• Clonic: Periods of shaking or
jerking parts on the body.
Stay with the person until the seizure ends and
he or she is fully awake. After it ends, help the
person sit in a safe place. Once they are alert
and able to communicate, tell them what
happened in simple terms.
● Comfort the person and speak calmly.

● Check to see if the person is wearing a
medical
bracelet or other emergency information.
● Keep yourself and other people calm.
● Offer to call a taxi or another person to make
sure
the person gets home immediately
Seizures do not usually require emergency
medical attention
Only call 911 if one or more of these are true:

● The person has never had a seizure before.
The person has difficulty in breathing or waking after the seizure.
● The seizure lasts longer than 5 minutes.
● The person has another seizure soon after the first one.
● The person is hurt during the seizure.
● The seizure happens in water.
● The person has a health condition like diabetes, or is pregnant
Things to avoid for seizure
● Do not hold the person down or try to stop his or her movements.
● Do not put anything in the person’s mouth. This can injure teeth or
jaw.
● Do not try to give mouth-to-mouth breaths.
● People usually start breathing again on their own after a seizure.
● Do not offer the person water or food until he or she is fully alert.
“When the weather is
HOT keep a
COOL mind. When
the weather is
COLD keep a
WARM


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Heat-Related Emergency

Flushed, moist skin.

Assess the Scene

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A severe, potentially life-threatening

● Comfort the person and speak calmly.

Only call 911 if one or more of these are true:

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