Each year thousands of workers needlessly suffer from heat stress and heat stroke. By implementing a Heat Stress Safety Policy employers can substantially defeat this threat. By using special clothing, heat stress hard hats, extra water, salt pills and a variety of other means, the danger of heat stress and heat stroke can be reduced or eliminated.
Whether working outdoors under the hot summer sun-or working indoors with equipment or machinery that radiates ambient heat-employees need to know how to recognize and prevent the threat of heat stress and heat stroke.
ALWAYS READY'S online training course "Heat Stress," reviews how heat affects the body, the steps workers can take to prevent heat stress, and elementary first aid that can be given to workers who have been affected by any heat-related trauma.
Areas covered in the course include:
. Situations leading to heat-related illnesses
. Heat stress, heat exhaustion and heat stroke
. How the body reacts to heat
. Recognizing symptoms of heat stress
. Preventing heat-related illnesses
. First aid for heat-related illnesses
. And More.
ALWAYS READY'S "Online Interactive Training Library" offers the most cost-effective online safety and regulatory compliance training available today. The training features stress free convenience-and averages 45 minutes to complete- but each course-taker should work at his or her own pace. It's divided into logical sections for easy understanding and retention.
The lasting consequences of heat stress can include fatigue . low endurance . Kidney damage . and damage to the hypothalamus, which connects the two hemispheres of the brain. Protect your company and your employees. Have all appropriate workers take this important "Heat Stress" online training today.
This course is one of over 108 titles in ALWAYS READY'S online safety training library. Please also preview: "Workplace Stress", "Back Safety" and "Industrial Ergonomics."
