HOW TO KEEP YOUR COOL

摘要

Playing hard enough to soak your T shirt is one of summer's great pleasures. But hot-weather sports can be dangerous. Some 300 Americans die in heat-related incidents each year, and they're not all kids in cars or old folks in unventilated rooms. "Exertional heat illness" kills professional athletes―Baltimore Orioles pitcher Steve Bechler became the most recent victim during his spring training in Florida―and it sickens civilians as well. Heat stroke, heat exhaustion and dehydration can creep up on you before you realize you're in trouble. An 18-agency task force led by the National Athletic Trainers' Association recently issued guidelines to help people prevent and treat heat-related illness (for more details go to nata.org).