Society guideline links: Exertional heat illness

Introduction — This topic includes links to society and government-sponsored guidelines from selected countries and regions around the world. We will update these links periodically; newer versions of some guidelines may be available on each society's website. Some societies may require users to log in to access their guidelines.

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Links to related guidelines are provided separately. (See "Society guideline links: Heat illness in children" and "Society guideline links: Management of environmental emergencies".)

International

●Medical services at ultra-endurance foot races in remote environments: Medical issues and consensus guidelines (2014)

●International Federation of Sports Medicine (FIMS): Position statement on fluid replacement for sports safety and performance (2012)

United States

●American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM): Expert consensus statement on exertional heat illness – Recognition, management, and return to activity (2023)

●American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP): Policy statement on climatic heat stress and exercising children and adolescents (2011, reaffirmed 2021)

●Wilderness Medical Society (WMS): Clinical practice guidelines for the prevention and treatment of heat illness, update (2019)

●Consensus statement on prehospital care of exertional heat stroke (2018)

●National Athletic Trainers' Association (NATA): Position statement on fluid replacement for the physically active (2017)

●NATA: Position statement on exertional heat illnesses (2015)

●Inter-Association Task Force for Preseason Secondary School Athletics and NATA: Preseason heat-acclimatization guidelines for secondary school athletics (2009)

●ACSM: Position stand on exercise and fluid replacement (2007)