Along with advanced age and ill health, certain medications raise the risk of heatstroke. Drugs that affect the heart or circulation require extra caution. Campagnolo also warns about drugs that impair thinking so that people don't realize they need to get to a cool place and drink fluids. For most people, their bodies will warn them when they've had enough heat or sun, and they'll take action. The CDC recommends some precautions.
Fans are effective, too.
If necessary, he says, people can go to a mall or public library to get cool. Of course, plenty of fluids are recommended, as are sports drinks, if you have them. Linda Sacia, a federal emergency management association spokeswoman for the Chicago area, tells WebMD that too few people understand how to prepare for hot weather. The elderly were so scared of being broken into that they kept their windows and doors closed, and they didn't have fans going and things like that, and they died because of it. All rights reserved.