On 23 June 2012 22:51, <[email protected]> wrote: > The key information from my experience with heat related illness: You get > really hot and sweaty. You lose your appetite and a significant amount of > energy. >< You feel REALLY hot and your face turns beet red. (It feels like > your face is an oven heating your surroundings rather than the opposite.) >< > Your face turns pale and clammy. You stop sweating. You collapse. > > Between the two >< marks, I act to get quickly into air-conditioning and cool > off. Sip water, but don't drink too much or it won't stay down. Then I might > recover with little more than a headache, but sometimes I still might be > sick. If I get to the point were my face goes pale and clammy after it was > bright red, I IMMEDIATELY get into A/C. I haven't collapse since I was ten > but I have, too often, cursed myself for how far I pushed past my better > judgement. If you notice the pale clammy after beet red stage happening to > you or a companion, I recommend that wherever you are: stop, find A/C, call a > cab, return to your lodgings. You will not make it much further walking.
If you start suffering from heat exhaustion, I would suggest going to the first aid post (I'm sure there will be one). Much safer than trying to sort yourself out. _______________________________________________ Wikimania-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l
