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Extreme Heat Warning

Start Date

Friday, August 18, 2023 12:00 AM CDT

End Date

Thursday, August 24, 2023 12:00 AM CDT

Details

During this week’s hot weather, watch for signs of heat-related illnesses in yourself, your friends, your colleagues.

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CDC Extreme Heat Warning

 

The weather forecast for this weekend and the first week of the academic year includes high heat indices. As we welcome our students to campus, we want to make sure that they are well taken care of, so we have several plans to address potential student needs.

Our athletics coaches and staff have plans in place for our student athletes to stay safe and healthy. Our campus buildings have air conditioning, except for the student rooms in Higbie Hall, but we will be able to provide fans for these students who need them, and are working on providing hydration stations in Higbie, and possible other locations across campus.

To help provide a cool space for our students, the Trojan Center will remain open 24/7 through next Friday, August 25. The Karl Mundt Library and Beacom Institute of Technology will both stay open until 1 a.m. 

We are doing what we can to deal with Mother Nature this week, but ask you to watch out for each other as well. Make sure to stay hydrated, and know the signs of heat exhaustion or heat stroke, as illustrated in this graphic from Weather.gov. Also, our Student Health office in the basement of the TC is staffed by our school nurse from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Friday. 

Heat-Related Illnesses

Heat Stroke

WHAT TO LOOK FOR
  • High body temperature (103°F or higher)
  • Hot, red, dry, or damp skin
  • Fast, strong pulse
  • Headache
  • Dizziness
  • Nausea
  • Confusion
  • Losing consciousness (passing out)
WHAT TO DO
  • Call 911 right away-heat stroke is a medical emergency
  • Move the person to a cooler place
  • Help lower the person’s temperature with cool cloths or a cool bath
  • Do not give the person anything to drink

Heat Exhaustion

WHAT TO LOOK FOR
  • Heavy sweating
  • Cold, pale, and clammy skin
  • Fast, weak pulse
  • Nausea or vomiting
  • Muscle cramps
  • Tiredness or weakness
  • Dizziness
  • Headache
  • Fainting (passing out)
WHAT TO DO
  • Move to a cool place
  • Loosen your clothes
  • Put cool, wet cloths on your body or take a cool bath
  • Sip water

Get medical help right away if:

  • You are throwing up
  • Your symptoms get worse
  • Your symptoms last longer than 1 hour

Heat Cramps

WHAT TO LOOK FOR
  • Heavy sweating during intense exercise
  • Muscle pain or spasms
WHAT TO DO
  • Stop physical activity and move to a cool place
  • Drink water or a sports drink
  • Wait for cramps to go away before you do any more physical activity

Get medical help right away if:

  • Cramps last longer than 1 hour
  • You’re on a low-sodium diet
  • You have heart problems

Sunburn

WHAT TO LOOK FOR
  • Painful, red, and warm skin
  • Blisters on the skin
WHAT TO DO
  • Stay out of the sun until your sunburn heals
  • Put cool cloths on sunburned areas or take a cool bath
  • Put moisturizing lotion on sunburned areas
  • Do not break blisters

Heat Rash

WHAT TO LOOK FOR
  • Red clusters of small blisters that look like pimples on the skin (usually on the neck, chest, groin, or in elbow creases)
WHAT TO DO
  • Stay in a cool, dry place
  • Keep the rash dry
  • Use powder (like baby powder) to soothe the rash