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Heat illness
D D Buss1, J M Kelly, G D Reinholtz
1Braemar Sports Medicine Center, Edina, Minnesota.
Minnesota Medicine
|August 1, 1990
Abstract:
A 17-year-old girl collapsed during a field hockey practice on a hot August afternoon, apparently suffering from heat illness, which is responsible for about 5,000 deaths annually. A panel of experts explores this girl's case, discusses heat illness in general, and makes recommendations about diagnosis, prevention, and treatment.