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Heat Related Illness Safety

July is Heat Related Illness Safety Awareness Month.

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PPN’s Resource Central has links to information that may be helpful for clinicians to educate themselves and families to better prepare for these unexpected events.

Search the Resource Central website for more resources with keyword heat for more information.

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Hot Car Fact Sheets

This website provides fact sheets on hot cars to raise awareness about the dangers of leaving children in vehicles.

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Keeping Kids Safe: Extreme Heat, Pavement Burns, and Chemical Burns

This webpage describes how extreme heat can cause burns from pavement and chemicals, and gives tips to keep kids safe during hot weather.

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A Guide to Extreme Heat and Early Childhood Development

This guide describes how extreme heat affects young children and offers solutions to protect their health and development during rising global temperatures.

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5 Steps to Ready: Extreme Heat

This document provides guidance from healthcare stakeholders who shared lessons learned during the heat dome event in 2021 informed a response to the heat wave in the summer of 2022.

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Ready Wrigley Prepares for Extreme Heat Activity Book

This activity booklet teaches kids how to stay safe during extreme heat and provides a link to additional "Ready Wrigley" disaster preparedness booklets.

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Teen Prep Kit: Emergency Planning

This minute and a half video emphasizes the importance of emergency planning to prepare for and respond to hazards effectively, including heat waves.