Posted on August 9, 2023
Exertional Heat Illness
Exertional heat illness (EHI) is heat illness experienced during physical activity. It first presents as symptoms that only a participant will be able to detect, like headache or nausea. It takes the organs and the skin a longer amount of time to reset after a heat episode so it is especially important that if EHI is suspected, the activity is fully stopped as opposed to simply taking a rest or break.