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2021 GuĆ­a del proveedor de servicios de salud para enfermedades relacionadas con el calor

Los trabajadores agrĆ­colas corren un riesgo importante de sufrir estrĆ©s por calor. El estrĆ©s por calor se produce cuando el cuerpo no puede deshacerse del exceso de calor y su temperatura central aumenta. El estrĆ©s por calor puede dar lugar a enfermedades mĆ”s graves relacionadas con el calor, como el agotamiento por calor, los calambres por calor, el golpe de calor e incluso la muerte, si no se trata. El trabajo agrĆ­cola, que requiere la realizaciĆ³n de un trabajo fĆ­sicamente exigente durante largas horas en un clima caluroso y a veces hĆŗmedo, pone a los trabajadores en alto riesgo.

Esta guĆ­a proporciona informaciĆ³n a los proveedores de servicios de salud sobre la prevenciĆ³n y el tratamiento de las enfermedades relacionadas con el calor. Dado que los trabajadores pueden no estar familiarizados con todos los sĆ­ntomas del estrĆ©s por calor, es importante que los proveedores de servicios de salud hablen con los trabajadores agrĆ­colas y otras personas en riesgo sobre los sĆ­ntomas de las enfermedades relacionadas con el calor y su prevenciĆ³n.

 


This joint FJ and MCN publication was supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of awards totaling $1,949,598 with 0% financed with non-governmental sources. The contents are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement by, HRSA, HHS, or the U.S. Government. For more information, please visit HHS.gov.

 

Agricultural workers are at significant risk for heat stress. Heat stress results when the body cannot get rid of excess heat and its core temperature rises.  Heat stress may lead to more severe heat illness including heat exhaustion, heat cramps, heat stroke, and even death if left untreated.  Agricultural work, which requires performing physically demanding work for long hours in hot and sometimes humid weather, places workers at high risk.

This guide provides information to clinicians on the prevention and treatment of heat-related illness. Since workers may not be familiar with all of the symptoms of heat stress, it is important that clinicians discuss heat illness symptoms and prevention with agricultural workers and others who are at risk.

 


This joint FJ and MCN publication was supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of awards totaling $1,949,598 with 0% financed with non-governmental sources. The contents are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement by, HRSA, HHS, or the U.S. Government. For more information, please visit HHS.gov.

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