Summer is coming, and with it rising temperatures. It is important to know how to stay safe in heat, and this is especially important for people who work outdoors. Today, I am joined by Dr. Maeve MacMurdo, an occupational and environmental pulmonologist at the Cleveland Clinic. We discuss how heat affects the body, how to recognize heat illness, and what we can do to help people stay safe in heat.

Learn more about heat from episode “Heat Kills” with Ollie Jay and strategies for summer, including how to avoid overheating and not over cooling your home in a potentially risky way
Learn more about ozone from the “True Cost of Ozone episode” with Dr. Nassikas
Ensure where you work has a heat standard- even if you work indoors, know what the plan for power outages, and more
Find out whether there are occupational standards in your county or state to protect your outdoor workers- consider advocating for one if you don’t have one
Check out heat.gov to learn more and have additional resources
You can review ATS comments to OSHA by Dr McMurdo at this link or at the post for the episode at airhealthourhealth.org.

Episode Photo by Nur Iman on Unsplash