Sun stroke....

Hessian · 07-16-2006, 02:33 PM

I was down at a reenactment near Williamsburg yesterday and I planned carefully to avoid sun stroke: 2 bananas (potassium)...frozen gatorade (1 quart) light lunch and seeking shade when available...and a pint of cranbury juice.

Did the march and battle, cooled off in the AC of my truck afterward but still lost my stomach by 4 pm and spent 2 hrs in a cool hotel room flat on my back to get 50% of my energy back.

I packed up and got home this morning: So: what can I do to prevent future sunstroke? I have been down this road before and thought I took all the precautions. what did I miss?
We lost over 20 guys needing medical assistance yesterday: Probably more dropped today.

Rule #1: No more summer reenactments in Virginia!

*teverheart2002* ^(Premo) · 07-16-2006, 02:52 PM

K says that once you get sunstroke, your body is less able to regulate body temperature. So the only other thing to do is to limit exposure.

I know that isn't what you want to hear, but there you go.

oldman · 07-16-2006, 03:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Hessian

I was down at a reenactment near Williamsburg yesterday and I planned carefully to avoid sun stroke: 2 bananas (potassium)...frozen gatorade (1 quart) light lunch and seeking shade when available...and a pint of cranbury juice.

Did the march and battle, cooled off in the AC of my truck afterward but still lost my stomach by 4 pm and spent 2 hrs in a cool hotel room flat on my back to get 50% of my energy back.

I packed up and got home this morning: So: what can I do to prevent future sunstroke? I have been down this road before and thought I took all the precautions. what did I miss?
We lost over 20 guys needing medical assistance yesterday: Probably more dropped today.

Rule #1: No more summer reenactments in Virginia!

Hate to say it but you're not getting any younger and your body isn't the same as it was 10 or 20 years ago. Things change and you've just got to adapt to those changes.

Lilypad · 07-16-2006, 03:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Hessian

I So: what can I do to prevent future sunstroke?
Rule #1: No more summer reenactments in Virginia!

DON'T WEAR WOOL??????

Lilypad · 07-16-2006, 03:34 PM

Sorry-Didn't mean to be flip!

You're doing the right things-most importantly-HYDRATE..HYDRATE..HYDRATE!
The scary thing is "sometimes" a heart attack can mimic a heat stroke!

*Ken King* ^(Premo) · 07-16-2006, 04:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Hessian

I was down at a reenactment near Williamsburg yesterday and I planned carefully to avoid sun stroke: 2 bananas (potassium)...frozen gatorade (1 quart) light lunch and seeking shade when available...and a pint of cranbury juice.

Did the march and battle, cooled off in the AC of my truck afterward but still lost my stomach by 4 pm and spent 2 hrs in a cool hotel room flat on my back to get 50% of my energy back.

I packed up and got home this morning: So: what can I do to prevent future sunstroke? I have been down this road before and thought I took all the precautions. what did I miss?
We lost over 20 guys needing medical assistance yesterday: Probably more dropped today.

Rule #1: No more summer reenactments in Virginia!

All you had were these three pints of fluid? You should have been downing lots of water beyond the juices.

willie · 07-16-2006, 05:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Ken King

All you had were these three pints of fluid? You should have been downing lots of water beyond the juices.

I'm not sure that Gatorade isn't just a marketing ploy about those electrolytes but regardless, you needed much, much more water than you downed. You weren't even close.

07-16-2006, 02:33 PM	#1 (permalink)
Hessian Registered User Member Since: Mar 2001 Location: Lusby Posts: 2,191	Sun stroke.... I was down at a reenactment near Williamsburg yesterday and I planned carefully to avoid sun stroke: 2 bananas (potassium)...frozen gatorade (1 quart) light lunch and seeking shade when available...and a pint of cranbury juice. Did the march and battle, cooled off in the AC of my truck afterward but still lost my stomach by 4 pm and spent 2 hrs in a cool hotel room flat on my back to get 50% of my energy back. I packed up and got home this morning: So: what can I do to prevent future sunstroke? I have been down this road before and thought I took all the precautions. what did I miss? We lost over 20 guys needing medical assistance yesterday: Probably more dropped today. Rule #1: No more summer reenactments in Virginia! __________________ V-dub in za haus Ja!...manufactured in Deutschland mit German Engineering!
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07-16-2006, 02:52 PM	#2 (permalink)
teverheart2002 ^(Premo) ... Member Since: Mar 2005 Location: On an Island Posts: 3,333	K says that once you get sunstroke, your body is less able to regulate body temperature. So the only other thing to do is to limit exposure. I know that isn't what you want to hear, but there you go. __________________ "A critical oversight that has led to yet another mouthful of poo." -Mike Rowe (Dirty Jobs) ’90 If you think dogs can't count, try putting three dog biscuits in your pocket and then give him only two of them. - Phil Pastoret http://www.danasoft.com/sig/22123456789.jpg
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07-16-2006, 03:34 PM	#5 (permalink)
Lilypad Registered User Member Since: Jun 2006 Posts: 1,627	Sorry-Didn't mean to be flip! You're doing the right things-most importantly-HYDRATE..HYDRATE..HYDRATE! The scary thing is "sometimes" a heart attack can mimic a heat stroke! __________________ ^j^ Keep the Faith Google is your friend.... “I am not criminally responsible because, at the time of the conduct charged, I lacked the substantial capacity to appreciate the criminality of my conduct, or to conform that conduct to the requirements of the law.”
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