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To evaluate the national incidence and epidemiological characteristics of heat illness associated with sports and recreational activities treated in emergency departments.

March 1, 2012Wilderness and Environmental Medicine

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

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Surveillance study reports roughly 5,946 annual emergency visits for sports-related heat illness, highlighting the substantial public health burden of environmental heat exposure during recreation.

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To evaluate the national incidence and epidemiological characteristics of heat illness associated with sports and recreational activities treated in emergency departments.
Analyzed surveillance records from the National Electronic Injury Surveillance System (NEISS) across 100 US hospital emergency departments from 2001 to 2009.
Excluded cases of heat illness that were not precipitated by natural or environmental factors.
Approximately 5,946 individuals were treated annually in US emergency departments for sports- and recreation-related heat illness.

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A 2012 study studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a1c0795fc87fd06169d006d https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wem.2011.11.005

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Surveillance study reports roughly 5,946 annual emergency visits for sports-related heat illness, highlighting the substantial public health burden of environmental heat exposure during recreation.

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

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Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

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