heat exhaustion

noun

a condition characterized by faintness, rapid pulse, nausea, profuse sweating, cool skin, and collapse, caused by prolonged exposure to heat accompanied by loss of adequate fluid and salt from the body.

heat exhaustion

Also called: heat prostration.��a condition resulting from exposure to intense heat, characterized by dizziness, abdominal cramp, and prostration Compare heatstroke

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First recorded in 1935–40

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In Los Angeles, a hiker had to be airlifted from the Hollywood Hills due to heat exhaustion.

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In Los Angeles, a hiker suffering from heat exhaustion was airlifted from the Hollywood Hills.

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Two were transported to a local hospital, five were evaluated but declined further help, and four experienced heat exhaustion, he said.

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I collapsed from heat exhaustion as we fought to defend a town.

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One firefighter was taken to an occupational health facility for an injury, and another was being treated on scene for possible heat exhaustion.

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