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PSA: heat exhaustion vs heat stroke/meds that cause heat intolerance
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archersangelHEAT EXHAUSTION
feeling faint or dizzy
excessive sweating
cool, pale, clammy skin
nausea or vomiting
rapid, weak pulse
muscle cramps
treatment: get to a cool, air conditioned place. drink water if fully conscious. take a cool shower or use cool compresses. (i suggest using them around your neck or on the inside of your wrists, where the blood vessels or arteries are close to the surface.)
HEAT STROKE
throbbing headache
no sweating
body temperature above 103 F (39.4 C)
red, hot, dry skin
nausea or vomiting
rapid, strong pulse
may lose consciousness
treatment: CALL 911 (or whatever equivalent is in your country) take immediate action to cool the person until help arrives. (i suggest providing shade, maybe getting them inside if they're on hot cement & use cool compresses on them)
types of medication that can cause heat intolerance.
feeling faint or dizzy
excessive sweating
cool, pale, clammy skin
nausea or vomiting
rapid, weak pulse
muscle cramps
treatment: get to a cool, air conditioned place. drink water if fully conscious. take a cool shower or use cool compresses. (i suggest using them around your neck or on the inside of your wrists, where the blood vessels or arteries are close to the surface.)
HEAT STROKE
throbbing headache
no sweating
body temperature above 103 F (39.4 C)
red, hot, dry skin
nausea or vomiting
rapid, strong pulse
may lose consciousness
treatment: CALL 911 (or whatever equivalent is in your country) take immediate action to cool the person until help arrives. (i suggest providing shade, maybe getting them inside if they're on hot cement & use cool compresses on them)
types of medication that can cause heat intolerance.
a sanctuary safe and strong
June 11th, 2025 05:01 pmpensnestI did the cardio/toning class on Monday, and ventured back to Tough Yoga yesterday morning. I did everything (mostly on easy mode, but hey), and after lunch I was so exhausted I fell asleep.
My arms and inner thighs are still muttering at me, but today, I did useful work in the garden for a couple of hours. Something—I assume very hungry caterpillars—having eaten my lovingly cultivated kale and cauliflower plants, I bought defenses for them, and have planted the three extra kale plants I grew originally, plus seeds for kale, broccoli and Everlasting Spinach (we shall see), and thefour eight ten red cabbage plants I picked up at the garden centre when purchasing the hoops and nets. Also a copious amount of hoeing, outright weeding, and put a couple more attempts at mange touts into the ground. There have been half a dozen or so peas on the m-t plants, but this is not a useful quantity.
Tonight, I go to the first evening of Drawing class!
My arms and inner thighs are still muttering at me, but today, I did useful work in the garden for a couple of hours. Something—I assume very hungry caterpillars—having eaten my lovingly cultivated kale and cauliflower plants, I bought defenses for them, and have planted the three extra kale plants I grew originally, plus seeds for kale, broccoli and Everlasting Spinach (we shall see), and the
Tonight, I go to the first evening of Drawing class!
pop tarts reranking*
June 8th, 2025 11:28 pmarchersangelprevious ranking. this post was inspired by trying the frosted (full frosting, not drizzled) cinnamon roll pop tarts.
*not every variety listed is currently available. some are seasonal, others were for a limited time.
- frosted brown sugar cinnamon
- s'mores
- pumpkin pie (one of the few seasonal flavors i've tried, because who wants to commit to a box of 12 if you don't like them?)
- cookies n' cream
- chocolate fudge
- chocolate chip
- chocolate peanut butter
- frosted banana bread. ok. could be more banana-y.
- frosted (full frosting, not drizzled) cinnamon roll. not as good as brown sugar cinnamon
- lemon crème pie. lemon things are either; not very lemony, lemony, or LEMON! these are the second.
- peanut butter
- fruit ones
- pretzel pop tarts. dry & come apart at the end seams.
- sugar cookie. would've been better, but smells like some kind of chemical. probably what they use to print the winter scenes on them.
- frosted chocolate chip pancake. vague syrup flavor, no chocolate flavor. looks odd because of the chocolate chips on it.
- apple jacks. barely tastes like anything, much less apple jacks
- snickerdoodle. possibly tied with unfrosted, since they are too.
- unfrosted ones
- boston cream pie. boston cream filling is not meant to be eaten warm.
just loosen your belt two inches
June 8th, 2025 01:34 pmpensnestI cooked a big breakfast this morning: chipolata sausages, bacon, black pudding, mushrooms, grilled tomato, fried egg. The meat products all came from our local butcher, and were so tasty it was hard to decide which should be my final mouthful*
Why the big breakfast? Beast is off—just now, in fact—for a concert this afternoon, so he won't need to be fed until the nice people who invited his chorus ply them with cake.
* I like to eat 'rotational', ie mouthfuls by turns, but make sure to save a tasty morsel for the last bite. Beast eats in a columnar style, devouring what's on his plate from least favourite to tastiest by eating all of each ingredient before moving on to the next. I suppose a case could also be made for eating in the same way but starting with the favourite.
Which way do you eat a plateful?
Why the big breakfast? Beast is off—just now, in fact—for a concert this afternoon, so he won't need to be fed until the nice people who invited his chorus ply them with cake.
* I like to eat 'rotational', ie mouthfuls by turns, but make sure to save a tasty morsel for the last bite. Beast eats in a columnar style, devouring what's on his plate from least favourite to tastiest by eating all of each ingredient before moving on to the next. I suppose a case could also be made for eating in the same way but starting with the favourite.
Which way do you eat a plateful?