HEAT STRESS MANAGEMENT
Course Overview
This training teaches people who work in protective clothing or hot environments how to avoid heat stroke and other heat illnesses. This course examines heat build-up in the body; heat transfer; how to avoid heat injury; and first aid for victims of heat injury. Heat Stress Course reviews how heat affects the body, the steps employees can take to prevent heat stress, and elementary first aid that can be given to a worker who has been affected by a heat-related illness. Using a powerful combination of audio, full-motion video, text and colorful graphics, this course provides the most cost-effective safety and regulatory compliance training available today. The course is divided into a number of logical sections so information is easily understood... and retained.
Course Objective
The course presents interactive instruction covering the following topical areas:
- Describe Heat Stress and other heat-related illnesses
- Identify the causes of Heat Stress
- Discuss how to prevent Heat Stress
- Situations Leading To Heat-Related Illnesses
- Heat Stress Heat Exhaustion, and Heat Stroke
- How the Body Reacts To Heat
- Recognizing Symptoms of Heat Stress
- Preventing Heat-Related Illnesses
- First Aid
- How The Body Cools Itself
- Electrolytes
- Fluids and Minerals
- Hot Environments
- Heat Injuries
- Avoiding Heat Injuries
- Managing Victims
Course Duration
04 Hours (Theory and Audio/Visual)