On 23 June 2012 22:51, Birgitte_sb@yahoo.com 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.