Activity 4 -Be Safe This Summer

 Hello :), 

This is my first activity for our term three blogging challenge. Activity 4 was to create a poster helping people keep safe this summer. I chose to make a poster on identifying a heat stroke. A Heat stroke, otherwise known as a sun stroke, is the result of one's body temperature exceeding 40.0 °C (104.0 °F).

Here's my poster ↓

I found this task time consuming. I had originally made about four other poster templates and ideas before coming to the conclusion to do just this one. I had also researched at tad bit too much information about heat strokes and didn't end up being able to use it all in the poster. Here's the remaining information and in case you can't read the prevention part of the poster I'll put that down here too.

Prevention's

• Wearing loose fitting, lightweight clothing, Wearing tight or excess clothing won’t allow your body to cool properly.

• Applying sunscreen regularly, wearing a sunhat and sunglasses, Apply your sunscreen generously, and reapply every two hours -or more often if you’re swimming.

• Drink plenty of fluids, Staying hydrated will help your body sweat and maintain a normal body temperature.

• Don’t leave anyone else or yourself locked in a parked car, When parked in the sun, the temperature in your car can raise over 11 °C and over 20 °F, this is a common cause of heat-related deaths in children.

• Be cautious if you’re at risk, If you take any medications or have a condition that increases your chances of contracting a heat-related problem, avoid the heat and act quickly if you notice symptoms of overheating.

Treatments

Treating a Heat stroke includes lowering body temperature with convection or evaporation. Move the victim to a cold place, such as indoors, or under a shaded area. Clothing should be removed to promote heat loss and conductive cooling methods such as ice water immersion should also be used. Cold water spray compression's and constant air flow over the body, such as fanning or air conditioning is also an effective alternative.