Editor's Note: As forecasters call for a spike in temperatures, with thermometers expected to top 100 degrees this weekend, here's a look back at a heat stroke/heat exhaustion primer that maintains its value each year. Learn what symptoms to watch for and how to be prepared for a rise in mercury ahead.
It isn’t even the peak of summer and the whole country has already experienced record-breaking heat waves. Martin Musi, MD, assistant professor of Emergency Medicine–Wilderness and Environmental Medicine, and environmental fellowship director at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, answers your burning questions about handling the rising temperatures.