NAVY - BUMED P-5052-5
PREVENTION, TREATMENT AND CONTROL OF HEAT INJURY NAVMED
| Organization: | NAVY |
| Publication Date: | 25 July 1980 |
| Status: | active |
| Page Count: | 22 |
scope:
Purpose. The purpose of this bulletin is two-fold-
a. To provide military physicians and other Medical Department personnel with information essential to a preventive program to control the adverse effects of high temperatures on Armed Forces personnel.
b. To provide a guide to the diagnosis and treatment of the three clinical syndromes resulting from overexposure to heat; namely, heat cramps, heat exhaustion, and heat stroke.
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