An exertional heat illness triage tool for a jungle training environment.

Abstract

This article introduces a practical triage tool designed to assist commanders, jungle training instructors (JTIs) and medical personnel to identify Defence Personnel (DP) with suspected exertional heat illness (EHI). The challenges of managing suspected EHI in a jungle training environment and the potential advantages to stratifying the urgency of evacuation are discussed. This tool has been designed to be an adjunct to the existing MOD mandated heat illness recognition and first aid training.

• Authors: Mike Smith, R Withnall, M Boulter
• Journal: Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps (J R Army Med Corps) Vol. 164 Issue 4 Pg. 287-289 (Aug 2018) ISSN: 0035-8665 [Print] England
• PMID: 28883030 (Publication Type: Editorial)
• Copyright: © Article author(s) (or their employer(s) unless otherwise stated in the text of the article) 2018. All rights reserved. No commercial use is permitted unless otherwise expressly granted.

Topics

• Heat Stress Disorders (diagnosis)
• Humans
• Military Personnel
• Physical Exertion
• Triage (methods)
• Tropical Climate