Climate and Exertional Heat Illness

Target Audience

Physicians, advanced practice providers, pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, dietitians, social workers, respiratory therapists (direct delivery), nurses, advanced practice registered nurses and all other interested healthcare professionals.

Learning Objectives

  • Describe patient characteristics associated with increased risk for heat illness.
  • Determine appropriate interventions for the treatment of heat illness in the adult and pediatric populations. 
  • Integrate education on climate impacts on health into routine patient encounters.
Additional information
Bibliography: 
  • Epstein, Y., & Yanovich, R. (2019). Heatstroke. New England Journal of Medicine, 380(25), 2449-2459.
  • Bouchama, A., Abuyassin, B., Lehe, C., Laitano, O., Jay, O., O'Connor, F. G., & Leon, L.R. (2022). Classic and exertional heatstroke. Nature Reviews Disease Primers, 8(1), 1-23.
  • Lee, J. B., Kim, T. W., Shin, Y. O., Min, Y. K., & Yang, H. M. (2010). Effect of the heat-exposure on peripheral sudomotor activity including the density of active sweat glands and single sweat gland output. The Korean Journal of Physiology & Pharmacology, 14(5), 273-278.
  • Hall, J. E. (2011). Guyton and Hall Textbook of Medical Phisiology 12th Edition. Elsevier, Philadelphia, PA, USA. Pressure mmHg Arteries Arterioles Capillaries Veins, 50, 100.
  • Jamal D, Abdelgadir I, Powell CVE. Cooling Methods for Pediatric Heat-Induced Illnesses. Archives of Disease in Childhood 2021; 106:405-406
  • Kerr ZY, Yeargin SW, Hosokawa Y, Hirschhorn RM, Pierpoint LA, Casa DJ. The Epidemiology and Management of Exertional Heat Illnesses in High School Sports During the 2012/2013–2016/2017 Academic Years. J Sport Rehabil. 2020 Mar 1;29(3):332-338. 

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Course Summary
Available credit: 
  • 1.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 1.25 General certificate of attendance
  • 1.00 Florida Board of Dietitians
  • 1.25 Florida Board of Clinical Social Workers, Marriage and Family Therapists and Mental Health Counselors
  • 1.00 Nurse Practitioners
  • 1.00 Florida Board of Nursing
  • 1.25 Florida Board of Pharmacy
  • 1.00 Florida Board of Respiratory Therapy
Course opens: 
12/01/2022
Course expires: 
08/31/2024
Part of: 
Miami-Dade Heat Task Force and Florida Clinicians for Climate Action e-Learning Series

Cheryl L. Holder, M.D.
Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity, Inclusivity and Community Initiatives
Associate Professor, Humanities, Health and Society
Florida International University Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine
Co-chair, Florida Physicians for Climate Action
Miami, Florida

Eugene S. Fu, M.D. 
Associate Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology 
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine 
Miami, Florida 

Jevon Harrison, MB. BS. 
Florida State Medical Association Representative
Miami, Florida

Vanessa Cecilia Lluy, R.N., MSN-Ed, CPEN, CPN
Patient Care Supervisor
Homestead Hospital
Adjunct Clinical Faculty, West Coast University 
Homestead, Florida 

Eugene Fu, M.D., Jevon Harrison, MB. BS., and Vanessa Lluy, R.N., faculty for this educational activity, have no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies* to disclose, and have indicated that the presentations or discussions will not include off-label or unapproved product usage.

Cheryl Holder, M.D., moderator for this activity, has no financial relationships with ineligible companies* to disclose, and has indicated that the presentations or discussions will not include off-label or unapproved product usage.

Non-faculty contributors and others involved in the planning, development and editing/review of the content have no relevant financial relationships to disclose with ineligible companies*

*Ineligible companies – Companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.

Disclosure Policy and Disclaimer

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essentials and Standards of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education through the joint sponsorship of Baptist Health South Florida and Florida Physicians for Climate Action (FCCA).

Baptist Health South Florida is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. Baptist Health has been re-surveyed by the ACCME and awarded Commendation for 6 years as a provider of CME for physicians.
              
Baptist Health South Florida designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Available Credit

  • 1.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 1.25 General certificate of attendance
  • 1.00 Florida Board of Dietitians
  • 1.25 Florida Board of Clinical Social Workers, Marriage and Family Therapists and Mental Health Counselors
  • 1.00 Nurse Practitioners
  • 1.00 Florida Board of Nursing
  • 1.25 Florida Board of Pharmacy
  • 1.00 Florida Board of Respiratory Therapy
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