0:15 Introduction

2:35 Introducing Janelle Bludorn, MS, PA-C

3:27 Common heat-related illnesses

8:43 How to screen for individual health-related risks

15:27 Respiratory consequences of heat

19:49 The interplay of medicines with heat

26:49 National Weather Service HeatRisk tool

32:58 Behavioral interventions for heat-risk patients

36:27 A FEMA system for heat emergencies?

38:10 Outro

For our July episode, we are visited by Duke University’s Janelle Bludorn, PA-C, MS, for a comprehensive overview of heat-related respiratory illnesses. 

Due to climate change in all regions around the world, extreme heat has become a significant environmental and occupational health hazard with heatstroke classified as a medical emergency. Listen in to better understand the serious risks of exposure to high temperatures.

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