About this episode

This episode discusses the diagnosis and management of heat stroke and other heat-related illnesses in the emergency department.

In this episode, Sam Ashoo, MD and Dr. T.R. Eckler, MD discuss the June 2026 Emergency Medicine Practice article, Diagnosis and Management of Heat Stroke and Other Heat-Related Illness in the Emergency Department 0:21 Intro & Promo 0:56 Episode Introduction 3:14 Spectrum of Heat-Related Illnesses 7:37 Differential Diagnosis 8:58 Pre-Hospital Management 11:54 Exertional Heat Stroke 13:50 Non-Exertional Heat Stroke 15:40 ED Evaluation 21:54 ED Treatment 27:15 Managing Complications 29:33 Special Populations 30:58 Disposition & J-ERATO Score 33:12 Risk Management Pearls 36:56 Wrap-Up & Promo Subscribers, take the CME test here . Emergency Medicine Residents, get your free subscription by writing resident@ebmedicine.net

People in this episode

Guests: Sam Ashoo, MD, Dr. T.R. Eckler, MD

Topics covered

• Heat Stroke
• Heat-Related Illness
• Emergency Medicine
• Diagnosis
• Management
• Pre-Hospital Care
• Special Populations

Keywords

• heat stroke
• emergency medicine
• heat-related illness
• diagnosis
• management
• pre-hospital care
• ED treatment
• risk management

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: EB Medicine

Books & works: Diagnosis and Management of Heat Stroke and Other Heat-Related Illness in the Emergency Department

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