Signs and Symptoms of Heat Stress

Dr. David Buys, State Health Specialist with Mississippi State Extension, and Dr. Damon Darsey, a rural emergency medical physician and the Mississippi Highway Patrol’s medical director, visit the Crop Doctors’ Podcast studio in Stoneville to visit with Jason and Tom about heat stress. This is naturally a concern for farmers and agriculture professionals during the summer months. Drs. Darsey and Buys describe the different levels of heat stress, signs associated with each one, how to recognize them in other people, and how to address the symptoms. Major signs of a heat stress event are an altered mental state and when someone stops sweating. The quickest way to address heat stress is to cool that person down as quickly as possible.