Patient/Family Resources by Topic: Emergency Medicine

Heat Disorders Patient/Family Resources

Pediatrics | Spanish | Miscellaneous

• MD Consult: Homepage - Lewis Library subscription (INFO)
  • Patient Handouts: Table of content
    • Heatstroke: Access document
• Center for Disease Control and Prevention: Homepage
  • National Center for Environmental Health Brochures: List of documents
    • Extreme Heat: English | Spanish
• American Academy of Family Physicians (familydoctor.org): Homepage
  • Health Topics: List of documents
    • Heat-Related Illness: What You Can Do to Prevent It: English | Spanish
• MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: Table of contents
  • Heat Emergencies: English | Spanish
• Merck Manual - Second Home Edition: Table of contents
  • Section 24. Accidents and Injuries: Table of contents
    • Chapter 290. Heat Disorders: Table of contents
      • Introduction: Access document
      • Heat Cramps: Access document
      • Heat Exhaustion: Access document
      • Heatstroke: Access document

Pediatrics

• MD Consult: Homepage - Lewis Library subscription (INFO)
  • Patient Handouts: Table of content
    • Heat Reactions (Pediatric Version): English | Spanish
    • Prevention of Heat Reactions (Pediatric Version): English | Spanish
• KidsHealth (Nemours Foundation): Homepage
  • Health Information for Parents: Table of contents
    • First Aid and Safety: List of documents
      • Heat Illness: Access document
      • Dehydration: Access document

Spanish

• MD Consult: Homepage - Lewis Library subscription (INFO)
  • Patient Handouts: Table of content
    • Heat Reactions (Pediatric Version): English | Spanish
    • Prevention of Heat Reactions (Pediatric Version): English | Spanish
• Center for Disease Control and Prevention: Homepage
  • National Center for Environmental Health Brochures: List of documents
    • Extreme Heat: English | Spanish
• American Academy of Family Physicians (familydoctor.org): Homepage
  • Health Topics: List of documents
    • Heat-Related Illness: What You Can Do to Prevent It: English | Spanish
• MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: Table of contents
  • Heat Emergencies: English | Spanish

Miscellaneous Heat Disorders Patient/Family Resources

• MedlinePlus (National Library of Medicine) Health Topics: Index
  • Heat Illness: List of documents
• YAHOO - Health:Diseases and Conditions:Heat Rash
  Additional Heat Rash resources (These sites have not been reviewed.)
• YAHOO - Health:Diseases and Conditions:Heatstroke
  Additional Heatstroke resources (These sites have not been reviewed.)