Version May 2024
| Ensure that appropriate medical care and equipment, including a cold water immersion tub or other effective tools for rapid cooling, are available at practices and games. |
| Review and update emergency plans for exertional heat illness (EHI) annually with athletic directors, coaches, athletes, and medical personnel. |
| Educate the medical staff, emergency personnel, athletes, coaches, and parents about EHI and proper acclimatization and hydration strategies. |
| Include questions about EHI on pre-participation questionnaires and during examinations to identify "high-risk" individuals. |
| Establish and follow heat acclimatization guidelines: These should allow individuals to acclimatize over the course of 10 to 14 days, progressively increasing the intensity and duration of activity and the amount of equipment. |
| Establish and follow hot and humid weather activity guidelines that incorporate Wet Bulb Globe Temperature (WBGT) readings, time of day for activity, intensity and duration of activity, equipment, and rest and water breaks. |
| Establish and follow clear policies to ensure proper hydration: Use appropriate rest to work ratios, weigh-ins before and after activity, and encourage drinking both water and sodium-containing fluids during activity. |
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