Your experience with Heat Stroke?

[FunnyFarmer]

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You can also buy these long cloth tubes (well, I think you can buy them instead of having to make them) with a gel in them that holds cold longer than just wet bandanas. They're really good kept on your neck--used to use those when I was doing SCA heavy armored fighting in the middle of the summer. Nothing like 40 lbs of armor including a metal hat to warm you up!

 

[Mahonri]

He needs to get his work done in the morning.

He needs to drink LOTS of water before he ever goes to work.

He should freeze a couple of jugs of water and then drink them as they melt each day.

If he ever starts to tingle or feel "cold" while he's out in the heat, he needs to get in right away and get into a cold shower or a pool with cold water.

I learned early on here in AZ, you have to be careful, heat can kill.

 

[Iowa Roo Mom]

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Hey- I'm from a God forsaken corner of Iowa!

Just kidding, I know how hot it can get, and the humidity here is oppressive- there's no two ways about it! But I've been luck never to have gone to the hospital from it. I feel for those of you who have- God bless those of you that have to work out in it- especially our military men and women.


Good luck and STAY HYDRATED!!!

 

[crazy cat lady]

2 Yrs ago we went to a Farm Progress show in Decatur, Il, 95* or hotter, ended up going to the first aid tent and drank lots of bottled water. On the way home ended up going to the ER as I started retching and feeling nauseous. I got 1 1/2 bags of liquid. Had to also drink gatorade or some sort of sport drink for the sodium, and take potasium supplements for awhile until I saw my dr. Now I take gatorade or something like that and water with me whenever I know I'm going to be out in the sun. If it is going to be too hot I'll stay home. The heat still makes me sick at amy stomach.

 

[Year of the Rooster]

Last time I had heat stroke was in 2005 at our last family reunion. I was playing at the beach (at a lake) on a really hot day with my cousins. I felt fine at first, but I bent down to pick something up in the water and when I came back up, my vision turned completely white and I couldn't see a thing. I started freaking out and my aunt and mom brought me into the shade. After I sat down I regained my vision. Though, shortly after... I puked. Definite dehydration. I stayed inside all day drinking water and playing video games. I didn't mind staying inside but it's not something I want to happen again.

 

[chicken_china_mom]

I suffered a bad heat stroke back in '98 when I was about 7 months pregnant with my first daughter. I was thirsty so my daughter's father took me through the McDonald's drive thru to get a large ice tea since I couldn't drink pop during that pregnancy, and I was so thirsty cause it was July and over 90 degrees and I chugged it down fast, which was bad. I started to have a piercing pain in my head that became blinding, and I passed out. I vaguely remember my daughter's father half carrying me, half dragging me up the stairs to his mother's apartment because it was the closest place he could think of with air conditioning. I awoke on her couch with a cold cloth on my forehead and a fan aimed at me, and the air conditioning cranked up. Ever since then I am prone to having heat strokes. I stay out of the sun because I start getting those blinding headaches, and I know I'll pass out before too long. So if I do go for walks, I go out early, or I go out after the sun is well past it's highest point. I avoid getting sunburn because that makes the skin hold in the heat. If I have to be out in the sun I wear loose fitting clothes, I wear a sun hat, and I drink LOTS of water. If I sit outside I sit in the shade or under an umbrella. I avoid caffeinated drinks when I am out in the heat and I wear a lot of sleeveless shirts, or ones with spaghetti straps because I already tend to run hotter than most people, and if I get hot, I get sick fast, so the more skin I have exposed, the cooler I tend to stay. It doesn't go over so well with my Christian neighbors, but I'm a Christian too, and I'm not running around in daisy dukes with my belly hanging out, only my shoulders and upper chest! Everything else stays covered. Oh, cotton should be the only thing worn when it's really hot out. Avoid spandex, latex, etc, and also avoid polyester as they retain heat. And if you wear your hair long, pull it up off your neck. It's amazing how hot a person can get when there is heavy, sweaty hair sticking to the back of their neck. My hair is ALWAYS up, even in the winter, but it's more out of habit now than anything. If I think of any more tips I will add them. For now that is all I can think of. And I would tell your SO to NOT drink those energy drinks at all in the summer. A heat stroke can kill. Good luck at staying cool though, I know we're trying to stay cool here too!

 

[arabookworm]

my only similar experience was last time we were in egypt and went to visit the pyramids. over 100 degrees, and NO SHADE!!! after about ten minutes, my lil bro who was about 6 months old basically passed out, and we had to leave. he perked up again as soon as we went somewhere cool, but it was definitely a scare.

 

[EweSheep]

As a Civil War/living history person, all those events we have been to are either too hot or too cold.

I had faced heat exhaustion a few times, not a pleasant feeling, feeling nauseous and light headed and shadow figures across your eyes (almost lights out) was scary enough and hubby had to get me cooled down. So from then on instead of following the strictest codes of how the women wore back then, I said to heck with it, my health is more important! So I wear only my underwears and low cut socks with my shoes instead of layers of petticoats and pantaloons.

We take alot of Gatorade and water with us. It helps us tolerate it more but dressing loosely helps too. I still can wear the corset and chemise which both items are 100 percent cotton and corset has plastic stays which it is not so rigid like the heavy duck canvas would be.

Humidity has a big factor in it too! Cant breathe in it. Its like breathing in water.

Keep cool folks! Looks like heat wave will be the subject this year. And be sure to do some maintaince care on your AC/CA units because they are a saver! Use it at the highest degree of comfort but not lower the thermostat to freeze your butt off. Also your electric bill wont be so high. Do not go in and out of the house so much. do your chores morning and night and check on the the animals midday to make sure all water are filled. Chickens love ice ccubes and in their water too!

What degree do you set your CA/AC on?????? I set mine between 78 to 80 depending on what we are doing and if we leave the house, its 80 degrees.

 

[foweler]

I used to do a job that had me in an old Toyota pickup with no ac that had the engine running all day. I was all over the LA area and sent into the dessert areas too. The heat in the truck was unbearable.

A hand towel soaking in a small ice chest full of ice water wrapped around my neck kept me alive.


These days I work as an electrician in the Northern Sacramento Valley where it goes 100+ many times a year. It might today actually. I often have to do attic work but my policy is no attics past noon. If its going to take longer than that I'll do it over two or more days.

My first job in business for myself was adding can lights on what turned out to be the hottest day that year. I crawled out of the attic and hosed myself off 3 times, seeing stars each time before I finished the job. That's when I made my no attic after noon policy.


I do not envy those of you who get high temps with high humidity too.