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Update: heat injuries, active component, U.S. Armed Forces, 2013 -
The number of active component service members treated for heat stroke in 2013 (n=324) was the lowest since 2010 (n=321). Incidence rates of heat stroke were higher among males, those younger than 20 years of age, Asian/Pacific Islanders, Marine Corps and ...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - April 23, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Environmental Issues, Climate, Geophysics Source Type: news
"Is it worth risking your life?": Ethnography, risk and death on the U.S.-Mexico border - Holmes SM.
This article utilizes participant observation fie...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - October 23, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Environmental Issues, Climate, Geophysics Source Type: news
Heat-related illness - Atha WF.
Environmental exposure to high temperatures can result in abnormalities ranging from mild heat exhaustion to heat stroke with multiorgan system failure. An understanding of the mechanisms of thermoregulation and how those mechanisms fail with extreme heat ...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - November 10, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Environmental Issues, Climate, Geophysics Source Type: news
Children left unattended in parked vehicles: A focus on recent italian cases and a review of literature - Ferrara P, Vena F, Caporale O, Del Volgo V, Liberatore P, Ianniello F, Chiaretti A, Riccardi R.
Every year a lot of children die from heat stroke and hyperthermia because they have been left unattended in closed automobiles. These fatalities have augmented slightly in the past decade, but they are a poor recognized type of vehicle injury and little r...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - November 15, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Age: Infants and Children Source Type: news
Heat illness in military populations: Asking the right questions for research - Stacey M, Woods D, Ross D, Wilson D.
Reports of death and injury in military populations due to exertional heat illness (EHI) and its most severe form, exertional heat stroke, date from antiquity. Yet, understanding of why one soldier may succumb to EHI, while those around him do not, is inco...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - January 16, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Environmental Issues, Climate, Geophysics Source Type: news
Heat stroke burn: unusual cutaneous damage due to heat wave - Nakamura Y, Takeo N, Goto M, Kai Y, Hatano Y, Okamoto O, Fujiwara S, Tanabe S, Takenaka R, Fudaba H, Kubo T, Fujiki M.
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Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - March 15, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Burns, Electricity, Explosions, Fire, Scalds Source Type: news
Unusual heat stroke caused by herbal therapy with traditional Chinese medicine - Deng H, Wu X, Wu L, Zhang H.
Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) comprises a range of traditional medical practices that originate in China, including herbal medicine as a major therapy. Through its 4 natures; namely, cold, hot, warm, and cool, herbal medicine may regulate sympathetic ...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - April 22, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
Disorders caused by heat, cold, and abnormal pressure - Horie S.
Exposure to heat disturbs the homeostasis of body water, serum osmosis, and core temperature, resulting in the development of heat cramp, heat syncope, heat exhaustion, and heat stroke. Commonly coexisting risks are humidity, windlessness, infrared radiati...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - April 24, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
The implementation of a protocol for the prevention and management of exertional heat illness in sport - Broman D, Fearn R, Wittenberg M.
BACKGROUND: The risk of heat-related illness in sport is significant. It can range from minor symptoms, through heat exhaustion to heat stroke, coma and possible death. Early recognition and cooling can reduce morbidity and mortality associated with exerti...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - June 10, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Environmental Issues, Climate, Geophysics Source Type: news
Heat stress illness hospitalizations - environmental public health tracking program, 20 states, 2001-2010 - Choudhary E, Vaidyanathan A.
Problem/Condition: Heat stress illness (HSI), also known as heat-related illness, comprises mild heat edema, heat syncope, heat cramps, heat exhaustion (the most common type of HSI), and heat stroke (the most severe form). CDC's Environmental Public Health...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - December 30, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Environmental Issues, Climate, Geophysics Source Type: news
Reply: life-threatening events during endurance sports: is heat stroke more prevalent than arrhythmic death? - Yankelson L, Steinvil A, Adler A, Viskin S.
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Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - February 5, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Environmental Issues, Climate, Geophysics Source Type: news
Exertional heat illness: emerging concepts and advances in prehospital care - Pryor RR, Roth RN, Suyama J, Hostler D.
Exertional heat illness is a classification of disease with clinical presentations that are not always diagnosed easily. Exertional heat stroke is a significant cause of death in competitive sports, and the increasing popularity of marathons races and ultr...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - April 17, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Heatstroke induces liver injury via IL-1β and HMGB1-induced pyroptosis - Geng Y, Ma Q, Liu YN, Peng N, Yuan FF, Li XG, Li M, Wu YS, Li BL, Song WB, Zhu W, Xu WW, Fan J, Su L.
BACKGROUND & AIMS: Liver injury is a common complication of heat stroke (HS), and often constitutes a direct cause for patient death. The cellular and molecular mechanism underlying HS-induced liver injury remains unclear. Recent evidence indicates that in...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - May 11, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Fatal heat stroke in a child entrapped in a confined space - Alunni V, Crenesse D, Pierccechi-Marti MD, Gaillard Y, Quatrehomme G.
We report the case of a child succumbing to heatstroke caused by confinement in an icebox. The post mortem examination found cyanosis and hematomas indicating that the child had tried to get out of the container. The temperature of the body was higher than...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - July 18, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Age: Infants and Children Source Type: news
Heatstroke effect on brain heme oxygenase-1 in rats - Wen YT, Liu TT, Lin YF, Chen CC, Kung WM, Huang CC, Lin TJ, Wang YH, Wei L.
Exposure to high environmental temperature leading to increased core body temperature above 40°C and central nervous system abnormalities such as convulsions, delirium, or coma is defined as heat stroke. Studies in humans and animals indicate that the hea...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - September 26, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Environmental Issues, Climate, Geophysics Source Type: news
