Heat
Policies and Reports
Heat Injury Prevention Guidelines 2007-2008 (82 KB PDF)
Resources
USACHPPM and USARIEM Heat Injury Prevention Resources
USACHPPM and the US Army Research Institute for Environmental Medicine (USARIEM) have developed valuable heat injury prevention resources, including useful posters, videos, and pocket guides. To access these resources, click here.
Heat Injury Prevention II (Video)
This Prevention and Treatment video provides Army Instructors, Drill Sergeants, Commanders, and staff at all levels with the latest information on detecting early signs of heat related injuries and recognizing the types of heat injury and their treatment.
Heat Stress Control & Heat Casualty Management (4 MB PDF)
This document provides guidance to military and civilian healthcare providers and allied medical personnel to understand the diagnosis and treatment of heat illness, the pathophysiologic responses and adaptation to heat, implement procedures for managing stress, and much more.
Heat Acclimatization Guide — Ranger / Airborne Students (1.5 MB PDF)
This brochure provides a very brief overview of heat acclimatization and strategies to become heat acclimatized.
Environmental Extreme Research Program (Video)
This short video will give you an overview of the research being conducted by the Environmental Extreme Research program of the Military Operational Medicine Research Program. This program seeks to "sustain and enhance physical and cognitive military performance capabilities and minimize medical problems associated with military operations at the environmental extremes of heat, cold, and high terrestrial altitude by identifying and explaining the etiology and pathophysiological mechanisms".
Prevention and Treatment of Heat and Cold Stress Injuries (485 KB PDF)
This technical manual provides current Navy knowledge on heat and cold stress injuries, including their causes, prevention, treatment, and effects.
