I got heat exhaustion in high school during one game in central valley CA. I kept drinking water and taking deep breaths, but nothing cooled me down nor could I catch my breath. The refs had to stop the game, the other team brought me to their sideline and started shoving bags of ice into my uniform, then they had me go soak in their school’s pool for a few minutes to cool me down.
I’ve tried to avoid excessive heat ever since. I carry a water bottle with me wherever I go and it’s full anytime I leave the house.
I actually quit football my junior year because we moved across the country to a much warmer and more humid place, and I was not about to deal with that bullshit again.
How about abolishing competitive/professional sport once for all? And keeping sport, I don’t know, like, healthy?
More guns. Can’t let heat exhaustion become number 1.
I vote go against established conservative curriculum and teach matters that are presently happening with little regard for the whine it generates from those against it.
It’s important to not just teach, but actively take measures during athletic practice on hot humid days to prevent kids from overheating. That can mean practice in an air conditioned space, providing ice, ice vests, shifting practice to cooler mornings, etc
The military even does this while training. Soldiers, like children, will often ignore signs of heat exhaustion or dehydration. So they keep a stringent eye on wet bulb temps, and procedures. At heat cat 5 I think it was 15 minutes of work, and 45 rest of I remember right. He’ll in basic they made us drink a full cantine before lunch, and again before bed at the bare minimum.
