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Exertional heat stroke: an evidence based approach to clinical assessment and management

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What is the topic of this review? The treatment of exertional heat stress, from initial field care through the return‐to‐activity decision. What advances does it highlight? Clinical assessment during field… Click to show full abstract

What is the topic of this review? The treatment of exertional heat stress, from initial field care through the return‐to‐activity decision. What advances does it highlight? Clinical assessment during field care using AVPU and vital signs to gauge recovery, approaches to field cooling and end of active cooling, and shared clinical decision making for return to activity recommendations.

Keywords: clinical assessment; heat stroke; evidence based; exertional heat; stroke evidence

Journal Title: Experimental Physiology
Year Published: 2022

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