Meanings of heat stress disorders in English

Purpose: To describe the epidemiology of exertional heat illness in high school athletes.

Infants and children ages 4 and younger are at an increased risk for heat illness.

Implementing effective preventive measures depends on increasing awareness of exertional heat illness and relevant preventive and therapeutic countermeasures.

Background: It is estimated that more than 9000 high school athletes are treated for exertional heat illness annually.

The authors recommend incorporating the risk of exertional heat illness in health impact assessments and deploying heat management strategies.