OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC HEALTH & FAMILY WELFARE
:: A.P :: HYDERABAD
HEAT STROKE
DO’s
1) Try to stay in cold places
2) Use Umbrella during Hot days
3) Wear thin loose cotton garments
preferably white colour
4) Wear a hat of cotton or a Turban
5) Attend only light physical activity
under the hot sun
6) Take ample water along with salted
butter milk or glucose water
7) Take measures to reduce the room
temperature like watering, window,
shades, fanning and cross ventilation
are to be encouraged
8) Shift the persons with heat stroke
to a cool dwelling
9) The persons suffering with heat
stroke should have minimum
clothing
10) The persons suffering with heat
stroke has to be sponged with cold
water, indirect application of Ice
Packs
11) The person suffering with heat
stroke should be kept in between
Ice Blocks
12) If the person affected with heat
stroke is not showing any
improvement, he/she should be
shifted to the Hospital immediately,
preferably with cooling facility
Don’t’s
1) Expose to direct sunlight are Hot
breeze
2) Move under Hot sun without
Umbrella
3) Use of black and synthetic, thick
clothes during summer seasons
4) Move under the hot sun without a
hat or turban
5) Attend to strenuous physical activity
under the hot sun
6) Take water without small amount of
salt
7) Allow the direct hot air into the
living rooms
8) Delay in shifting the persons
suffering with heat stroke to a cool
place
9) The person suffering with heat      
stroke to have thick clothing
10) The person suffering with heat
stroke to be sponged with hot       water
and to be exposed to hot air
11) The persons suffering with heat
stroke to be kept in between warm
clothes
12) Delay in shifting the person       
affected with heat stroke         whenever
there is no improvement         in his/her
condition