Here are a few tips to help beat the heat and stay safe in the summer weather.

1. 5 Tips For Beating The Heat
This Summer

2. With the summer months upon us, it’s critical for everyone, and
especially vulnerable populations like the elderly, to stay hydrated
and keep cool. For seniors, becoming dehydrated can cause many
issues including losing their balance and falling.

3. Overheating can cause heat exhaustion or worse, heat stroke. Heat
exhaustion can occur after a few days of exposure to high heat
without replenishing fluids. Signs include heavy sweating,
paleness, muscles cramps, fatigue, weakness, dizziness, headache,
nausea and vomiting and fainting.

4. Heat stroke, on the other hand,
is a serious condition in which
the body cannot regulate its
own temperature, and may lead
to death or permanent
disability.
Symptoms include a high body
temperature above 103
degrees, dizziness, nausea,
confusion and unconsciousness.
People may also have red, hot
and dry skin with no sweating
and a rapid pulse.

5. Here are a few tips to help beat the heat and stay safe in the
summer weather:
1. Wear appropriate clothing for the occasion, whether indoors
or outdoors.
2. Be aware of extreme heat events and warning signs for heat-
related illness to look for.

6. 3. Don’t wait until you are thirsty to drink, by this time you are
already dehydrated.
4. Carry a water bottle with you and drink from it regularly (make
your water more interesting by adding lemon or lime to add
flavor).

7. 5. Eat hydrating foods like cucumbers, radishes, watermelon and
strawberries, all of which contain at least 90% water by
weight.

8. If you have any questions or would like to speak with a local team
member, contact the BrightStar Care nearest you.

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