Hot Weather

Staying cool and making simple changes in your fluid intake, activities, and clothing during hot weather can help you remain safe and healthy. These self-help measures are not a substitute for medical care but may help you recognize and respond promptly to warning signs of trouble.

You may also have to cope with power failures during extremely warm temperatures. Your community may have a place for you to go if power is not available for an extended period of time.

Related MDH Links:

• Extreme Heat
  
  
• Heat Stroke
  
  
• Heat Exhaustion
  
  
• Preventing Dehydration
  
  
• Heat Index Table
  
  
• Professional and Technical Staff Resources

Related External Links:

• Extreme Heat: Effects on Children and Pregnant Women - U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
  
  
• Aging Initiative: Planning for Extreme Heat - U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
  
  
• Age Page: Too Hot for Your Health - National Institute on Aging
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• Extreme Heat - U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  
  
• Don't be Left in the Dark (PDF: 926KB/32 pages) - New York State Department of Health
  
  
• Preparing for Events, Heat Waves - American Red Cross
  
  
• Heat Wave: A Major Summer Killer - National Weather Service
  
  
• "Tips for Preventing Heat-Related Illness" - Important tips from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Emergency Preparedness & Response staff in several languages.
  
  
• Department of Labor- "Heat Stress" fact sheet.
  

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