Summer’s high temperatures put patients at increased risk for heat illness. There are several types of heat illness ranging in severity. Although heat illness can be fatal, death is preventable if quickly recognized and properly treated. Find further resources about treating, preventing and recognizing exertional heat stroke below.
What's Hot With Heat
What's Hot With Heat brought together leading experts for a timely discussion on heat safety, prevention and preparedness. The session explored current research, best practices and the critical role athletic trainers play in recognizing, treating and preventing heat-related illness across all physically active populations.
- Executive Summary- NATA Task Force: The AT's Role in Implementing Heat Stress Mitigation Strategies in the Occupational Setting.pdf
- NATA Task Force Preventing Exertional Heat Stroke Death in American Football Linemen Executive Summary.pdf
- Heat Fact Sheet 6.26.26.pdf
- Heat Illness Handout (pdf)
- Exertional Heat Stroke (webpage, Korey Stringer Institute)
NATA Position Statements
NATA Consensus Statements
Additional Position/Consensus Statements
Roundtables
- Roundtable on Preseason Heat Safety in Secondary School Athletics: Heat Acclimatization, 2021
- Roundtable on Preseason Heat Safety in Secondary School Athletics: Environmental Monitoring During Activities in the Heat, 2021
- Roundtable on Preseason Heat Safety in Secondary School Athletics: Prehospital Care of Patients With Exertional Heat Stroke, 2021
Other Resources
- Proper Recognition and Management of Exertional Heat Stroke in a High School Cross-Country Runner: A Validation Clinical Case Report, 2022
- NFL: Preventing and Treating Exertional Heat Stroke, 2021
- Below 104 Resources
- Zach Martin Foundation Resources
- The Jordan McNair Foundation Resources
- KSI: WBGT Temperature Monitoring Resources
- KSI: Heat Stroke Prevention Resources
- KSI Infographic: Heat Exhaustion vs. Heat Stroke
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Hydration and Exertional Heat Illness
- US Soccer Recognize to Recover: Heat and Hydration, 2016
- ED Ted: What Happens When you Get Heat Stroke?