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  • File: Exertional Heat Illness during Training and Competition

    Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise: March 2007 - Volume 39 - Issue 3 - pp 556-572 doi: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e31802fa199 SPECIAL COMMUNICATIONS: Position Stand SUMMARY Exertional heat illness can affect athletes during high-intensity or long-duration exercise and result in withdrawal from activity...
  • Blog Post: Treating Severe Heatstroke with an External Cooling System

    by Paul Auerbach Heatstroke is a life-threatening emergency. Therapeutic cooling measures need to be undertaken rapidly in order to prevent the catastrophic organ failure associated with markedly elevated body temperature. The general dictum is to cool the victim to a normal body temperature, but to...
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