I got hit with heat stroke today...not fun

[LBrown59]

You are very lucky....I'm glad your OK!!!(You said that you ran "cold water" on you for 20 minutes.)
*I have always been told that if you get really hot from being in the sun, that you should not get in a cold shower to cool off
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*So was I .

 

[MotorSeven]

Thanks for all the info/comments. I'll let y'all know how it goes later this week. My neighbor is self employed in constructin & are building a house a couple of miles down the road. I have always been the "goto guy" when hanging steel on the roof or doing high scaffolding work(I guess I'm too dumb to be scared of heights). We will be hanging the roof on thur/fri..............

RD

 

[Bird]

I've never passed out from the heat, but when I feel like a slight chill come over with a feeling like you get with goosebumps, I know it's time to sit in the shade awhile.

 

[Willl]

Speaking of the heat, were going through some record breaking temps in my area right now.

111 in direct sunlight, 106 in the shade.

 

[Dargo]

Speaking of the heat, were going through some record breaking temps in my area right now.

111 in direct sunlight, 106 in the shade.

Here in the Midwest we're having the coolest July in nearly 40 years. I'm thankful to have a bit lower utility bills!

 

[atgreene]

I had heat exhaustion the first time at a major noontime structure fire. Neighbors told us 2 kids were in the house, I dragged a 1 3/4" line to the second floor and got beat back by fire. My Lt. and I stayed there and kept pushing forward despite the heat. After our first scba tank ran out we came out to cool off (90 degree day, super high humidity).

Chief was yelling to get back in and keep searching, we changed tanks and put for the 3rd. floor. By the time I got there I knew I was in trouble. As you first described, seems like the relationship between the ground and the sky is way off. I told the Lt. I was in trouble and stumbled down the stairs with him behind me. My engineer saw me coming striping gear as I walked at him. He grabbed a booster line and started hosing me down when I collapsed on the sidewalk. Local newspaper snapped a pic, was on the front page the next day of me hunched over getting hosed down. Medics nailed me with 2 bags of ringers via IV. Took some of the headache and dizzyness away, but the rest of the shift I was in a bad way.

BTW, my Lt. saw the IV needles come out and beat feet. He hid so he wouldn't have to have an IV. Lucky he was able to rehydrate w/o IV.

Since then I've had a couple other episodes, never quite so bad, but it is scarry.

 

[wedge40]

Here in the Midwest we're having the coolest July in nearly 40 years. I'm thankful to have a bit lower utility bills!

Dargo. I love your signature. How's that 2006 claw hammer holding up from HF?
Too funny.

 

[GaryCrowell]

Fortunately I've never been hit with heat stroke or heat exhaustion, but I got to see a lot of it in action when I went through Marine Corps officer candidate school about 20 years ago during July in Quantico Virginia. They really drilled into us the importance of water, water, and more water when exercising in a hot environment. If you have a true heat stroke with no one around to help you then you'll most likely die. What motorseven most likely had was heat exhaustion, which is no laughing matter either.

The corpsmen used to keep those cheap plastic baby pools filled up with water and ice for the victims, and there were usually a few that got to visit them every day. If you went down for heat then they'd toss you on a stretcher and dump you in the ice water pool as quick as they could, at the same time pulling down your drawers and shoving a rectal thermometer in you to get your core temperature. We called the thermometer the silver bullet and the indignity of having that thing used on you was enough to make you drink your water. If you went down for heat once and came out all right then they'd spray paint a big orange circle on the back of your PT shirt. If you went down again then you were done, they'd rule you NPQ (not physically qualified) and send you home. It's ugly seeing guys fall out for heat, they typically start uncontrollable spasms. We had one guy who's core temperature got to 106 and they couldn't get it down quick enough, he had pretty severe brain damage I was told. I wasn't there when it happened, but they had another guy die from heat stroke that year.

Good advice given has already been given here. Drink plenty of water, avoid the heat of the day, and take frequent breaks. You might end up with a headache from it, but if I were on the verge of heat exhaustion I'd hop in a cold shower as soon as I could. What's happening is your core temperature is elevated and you need to get it down fast.

 

[Bird]

I went through Marine Corps officer candidate school about 20 years ago during July in Quantico Virginia.

Twenty-three years ago I went to the FBI National Academy at Quantico. I can attest to the heat and humidity. And I was just there for 10 weeks ending in mid-June; glad I wasn't there in July. Toward the end, we were jogging around an oval track instead of the Yellow Brick Road and they had a sprinkler set up so on each lap we ran through the water, and of course, we had a cooler with drinking water readily available.

And fortunately we were never pushed like you were.

 

[LBrown59]

Twenty-three years ago I went to the FBI National Academy at Quantico.

* I can attest to the heat and humidity.

And I was just there for 10 weeks ending in mid-June; glad I so on each lap we ran through the water, and of course, we had a cooler with drinking water readily available.

*Couldn't be any worse than Texas could it ?