Loved it, very cute. Made me smile. Here are a few comments along with some more medical info on heat related illnesses.
Heat fatigue – should be heat exhaustion (since it in MUNCLE and set in the past you can also use heat prostration)
Jouncing??? Bouncing rough ride?
I love the loony tunes reference with the anvil. Big smiles.
Thank you for not removing his boot. You see it all the time in movies, on TV, or in books. Only when you can stay off the injury can you take it off or if the boot in impeding circulation.
Hee, yes, Canada can be harsh place. You should see the mosquitoes.
The layman tern for a sprain is a twist.
“his head was throbbing dully, in time with the rapid beating of his pulse.”
To be able to feel your pulse that your blood pressure must be high, with heatstroke your PB drops. Your body tries to cool itself by thinning the blood.
Heat Cramps - red hot sweaty skin - pulse fast and strong - painful cramps in the large muscles, most commonly abs and legs
Heat Exhaustion (life threatening, immediate medical help needed) - very hot red skin - dizziness - labored breathing - nausea
Heatstroke – used to be called sun stroke (life threatening, immediate medical help needed) - headache - dizziness - decrease levels of consciousness - heart rate, fast weak irregular - breathing, fast shallow - other signs of shock, pale cool clammy skin - in classic heatstroke the casualty will have dry skin (they are so dehydrated that they can’t produce sweet), but in exertional heatstroke since they were sweaty they will be wet. - Nausea/vomiting - Convulsions - unconsciousness
Once the casualty vomits they will not be able to take any more fluids orally. This is a very serious situation and they need to be in a hospital to get an IV.
Over all I think your medical info is sound, save for the one main mention above. Just realize that heatstroke can develop very quickly. Napoleon, for example should have been very ill even in the morning. Most people will start to get dehydrated is the night before they only had alcohol. But creative, heroic, licenses are permitted, and I think you got a nice balance between reality and excitement for fiction.
FYI – First Aid procedures
In any heat related illness, stop activity, get into the shade or AC. Drink plain water (not salted) in small slow sips to prevent vomiting. Remove excess clothes (so many wonderful possibilities with that for fic). Cool the casualty by fanning them, sponging with cool (not cold) water, or covering them with a damp sheet. Call for an ambulance if 1. They vomit, 2. They are cool/cold to the touch (signs of shock) 3. Go unconscious.
If there’s anything else you’d like to know, just ask.
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Date: 2009-05-20 01:34 pm (UTC)Heat fatigue – should be heat exhaustion (since it in MUNCLE and set in the past you can also use heat prostration)
Jouncing??? Bouncing rough ride?
I love the loony tunes reference with the anvil. Big smiles.
Thank you for not removing his boot. You see it all the time in movies, on TV, or in books. Only when you can stay off the injury can you take it off or if the boot in impeding circulation.
Hee, yes, Canada can be harsh place. You should see the mosquitoes.
The layman tern for a sprain is a twist.
“his head was throbbing dully, in time with the rapid beating of his pulse.”
To be able to feel your pulse that your blood pressure must be high, with heatstroke your PB drops. Your body tries to cool itself by thinning the blood.
Heat Cramps
- red hot sweaty skin
- pulse fast and strong
- painful cramps in the large muscles, most commonly abs and legs
Heat Exhaustion (life threatening, immediate medical help needed)
- very hot red skin
- dizziness
- labored breathing
- nausea
Heatstroke – used to be called sun stroke (life threatening, immediate medical help needed)
- headache
- dizziness
- decrease levels of consciousness
- heart rate, fast weak irregular
- breathing, fast shallow
- other signs of shock, pale cool clammy skin
- in classic heatstroke the casualty will have dry skin (they are so dehydrated that they can’t produce sweet), but in exertional heatstroke since they were sweaty they will be wet.
- Nausea/vomiting
- Convulsions
- unconsciousness
Once the casualty vomits they will not be able to take any more fluids orally. This is a very serious situation and they need to be in a hospital to get an IV.
Over all I think your medical info is sound, save for the one main mention above. Just realize that heatstroke can develop very quickly. Napoleon, for example should have been very ill even in the morning. Most people will start to get dehydrated is the night before they only had alcohol. But creative, heroic, licenses are permitted, and I think you got a nice balance between reality and excitement for fiction.
FYI – First Aid procedures
In any heat related illness, stop activity, get into the shade or AC. Drink plain water (not salted) in small slow sips to prevent vomiting. Remove excess clothes (so many wonderful possibilities with that for fic). Cool the casualty by fanning them, sponging with cool (not cold) water, or covering them with a damp sheet. Call for an ambulance if 1. They vomit, 2. They are cool/cold to the touch (signs of shock) 3. Go unconscious.
If there’s anything else you’d like to know, just ask.