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How to identify a victim of heat exhaustion or heat stroke

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Other factors including humidity, wind and peoples ages and medical conditions play a role in heat illness as well, Wood says. And elderly individuals may not recognize the need for additional water when its hot because they cant thermoregulate their bodies as efficiently as younger people, Wood says. 40°C (101–104°F).

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