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Show It 3 Vacations I Health Js I By Dr. ERNEST H. LINES hlHul AuWlR CM McdUal THrtat SUNSTROKE AND HEAT PROSTRATION y pM:RY lunmer has at leaat a few days of excessive heat. Whether you are on your vacation or at work in the city, certain precautions should "'j be taken to avoid sunstroke and heat proatration. It U also well to know that first aid measures should be administered to those who are afflicted. Sunstroke U a condition e-f the '.j tf body resulting from exposure to e Intense heat ,-.nd the body becoming J ov-heated. It may prove very lerious. mong those most iuceptibla to : stroke and heat prostration are (. People who over-indulge in eating and 7 flVinking, who are not accustomed to cessively hot weather, who suffer , 'fom debility brought on by fatigue ' 'rom the heated atmosphere, and 'vl who leep in badly ventilated rooms. 1,'t'', To prevent sunstroke and heat .r- proitration it is advisable to avoid f a)"oholic liquor and everything . (Ue that might impair strength, j Loose, light garments should be I worn and the head should be pro-t! pro-t! from the heat of the sun, f .C though the head covering should be that it allows a current of air to j., rculte over the head. Don't play ,.t: "lis or golf, or expose yourself long :;; in the un, during the heat of the day. . KpP In the shade. J Person suffering from sunstroke JV;:. "'"uld be carried to a cool, shady ci 'Pot immediately. If possible, the tJi t;I'-i budy sliould be immersed ta "ji water in a bath tub. Ice may be --'cd to the water. Although a JT1'! b-ith is most cooling and best i I'-r per-plr in EOOd health, in cases of '!,-- ' f':R'fik It in necesHury to bring -,,. - l'ie temperature of lb body iu.li Ice waier, i After being kept for ten or fifteen minute in the vith, the victim should be put to bed between blankets, without being dried. If there are only feeble signs of returning return-ing consciousness or none at all at the end of fifteen minutes, the treatment in a cold bath should be repeated. This should be continued at fifteen minute intervals until consciousness is well-established and the body remains cool. It occasionally occasion-ally happens that after a lapse of some time the victim begins to feel stupid and the body heats up again. In that case, repeat the bath treatment treat-ment immediately. If no tub is available, the body should be stripped and sponged with ice water for a period of 20 minutes or more. This treatment should be repeated at fifteen minute intervals In much the same way as the tub treatment. Respiration sometimes cesses In Museg of sunstroke. In that esse, a dash of cold water over the chest and face may help to restore IN Artificial respiration according to the prone method may be practised after the body has cooled. Thi it the latt of a serin of 12 article on Vacations and Health. iiwiymai. . V. U . oJ |