Heatstroke is caused not only when you are outside or play sports. It is caused even when you are inside in high temperature and high humidity. Please be careful.
◆Situation
Heatstroke occurs in the below weather and circumstances.
High humidity (→Sweat doesn't evaporate.)
Light wind （→It doesn't remove heat from the body.）
Exposure to the sun（→Body temperature rise.）
◆Prevention
Don't work or play sports for a long time in hot weather or indoors which is high temperature or high humidity.
Drink water. (Sports drink is effective.)
Take your temperature and check your health condition. Take a rest when you feel sick.
Put on clothes which breathes well, hat and parasol when you go out.
Control the temperature by using air conditioners or fans indoors.
◆Symptoms
Feel dizzy, nausea
Get a cramp in your calf
Be faint (exhausted) and have no energy
A lot of sweating
Headache
◆Treatment
You have to recognize heatstroke as emergency and cool body immediately. If you have any symptoms suspected to get heatstroke, please take the following measures and contact to on-campus health care center （phone：0742-27-9138）. *Please contact to on-campus janitors’ room (phone：0742-27-9116) at night on weekdays (after 5:15 p.m.) and on holidays.
Move to cool place Move to the shade or if possible indoors well air conditioned and take a rest with your clothes loosen.
Cool body Cool body with cold water or ice bag
Drink water including salt Drink sports water little by little many times. You can supplement water and salt lost by sweating.
Call ambulance Call ambulance in emergency such as when you lose consciousness or you can't drink water by yourself etc.
In all cases above, don't keep the patient alone. Please take care of him or her.
Information on heatstroke prevention at campus facilities
For information on heatstroke prevention at facilities used for extracurricular activities, please see < here >. Students, especially those who belong to extracurricular activity groups, should be sure to check this information.
