What are the symtoms for a mild heat stroke?
As a firefighter/EMT i will give you what we look for. First off there is not a mild heat stroke, there are 3 stages of hyperthermia or elevated heat levels. 1. is heat cramps, muscle spasms, cramps, usually due to lack of salt in the body due to you losing it, also due to electrolyte imbalance to the muscles, most commonly from overexertion in hot tempartures with excessive sweating. 2. Heat exhaustion-it can cause a disturbance in the bodies blood flow causing a mild state of shock. Which is caused by vasodilation from the body working harder to maintain heat loss.agin this is due to loss of water and salt in the body, In such cases the patient will be normal to cool, either pale or ashen grey in color, and sweaty, dizzy or fatigued. 3. Heat stroke- this has a mortality rate of 20-80%. the signes are rapid pulse that is strong but becomes weak, intial deep rapid breathing that becomes shallow and weak, seizures, loss of appetite, vomiting, altered mental status. Hot skin that is eith
