Beat the Heat: How to help protect your patients from heat illness in the Texas summer
July 12 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm CDT
This is a FREE event sponsored by the Occupational Medicine Program and Physicians for Social Responsibility
The seminar will help primary care practitioners to identify at-risk populations for heat illness and better understand fundamental methods to prevent heat stress. Monitor for heat illness and associated health effects during the hot Texas summer. The seminar will describe how practitioners can improve their heat illness prevention efforts through patient education.
Speaker:
Ronda Brewer McCarthy, MD, MPH, FACOEM
Learning Objectives:
At end of this session, the attendees will be able to
- Identify at-risk populations for heat illness
- Understand fundamental methods to prevent heat stress
- Be ready to monitor for heat illness and associated health effects
- Further prevention through education
CME & CNE credit pending approval.