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Heat Illnesses in the Emergency Department

Year: 2015

Type: article

Abstract: The RESEARCH TO PRACTICE column is intended to improve the research critique skills of the advanced practice registered nurse (APRN) and to assist with the translation of research into practice. For each column, a topic and a particular research study are selected. The stage is set with a case presentation. The research article is then reviewed and critiqued, and the findings are discussed in relation to the case presented. Our current column discusses factors associated with heat-related hospitalizations and deaths with implications for APRN practice and public health prevention strategies using the following study: . Summertime acute heat illness in U.S. emergency departments from 2006 through 2010: Analysis of a nationally representative sample. Environmental Health Perspectives, 122(11), 1209-1215. Our case involves an adolescent athlete with sickle cell trait participating in athletic practice during the summer.

Source: Advanced Emergency Nursing Journal

DOI: 10.1097/tme.0000000000000074

Authors: Valerie Vi Thien Mac, Dian Dowling Evans

Institution: Emory University

Language: English

Topic: Thermoregulation and physiological responses

Subfield: Physiology

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

Funders: National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Nursing Research