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Grand Rounds: Summer Like It Hot, Some Like It Hotter – Public Health Impact of Environmental Exposure and Extreme Heat - June 20, 2018
posted on Mar 16, 2020
Learning Objectives:
At the conclusion of this activity, attendees should be able to:
- Describe the scope and trends in global temperature and regional microclimates.
- Identify the physiologic health effects of extreme heat to different at-risk populations.
- Outline support systems and public health programs regionally and nationally to assist with support in extreme heat events.
- Understand the treatment considerations and evaluation of pregnant and pediatric patients with core temperature elevation.
Presenter: Scott Crawford, MD, FACEP, CHSOS
Scott Crawford, MD, FACEP, CHSOSAssistant Professor, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso
El Paso, TX
PEHSU Region 6
