911 Disposition Plus Heatstroke

Call Now Based on your answers, you need emergency care. Call or other emergency services now. While you wait for help to arrive: Spray or sponge the person with cold water. Apply ice packs over as much of the body as you can. Do not use any medicine (such as aspirin, acetaminophen, or ibuprofen) to reduce the person’s…

911 Disposition Plus Heatstroke

911 Disposition Plus Heatstroke

Call 911 Now

Based on your answers, you need emergency care.

Call 911 or other emergency services now.

While you wait for help to arrive:

  • Spray or sponge the person with cold water.
  • Apply ice packs over as much of the body as you can.
  • Do not use any medicine (such as aspirin, acetaminophen, or ibuprofen) to reduce the person’s temperature.

Credits

Current as ofJune 26, 2019

Author: Healthwise Staff
Kathleen Romito MD – Family Medicine
Adam Husney MD – Family Medicine
William H. Blahd Jr. MD, FACEP – Emergency Medicine

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