{"id":45319,"date":"2017-06-13T13:51:36","date_gmt":"2017-06-13T17:51:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=45319"},"modified":"2017-06-13T14:02:09","modified_gmt":"2017-06-13T18:02:09","slug":"tips-offered-to-stay-safe-during-summer-heat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2017\/06\/tips-offered-to-stay-safe-during-summer-heat\/","title":{"rendered":"Tips offered to stay safe during summer heat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With summer fast approaching and temperatures already on the rise, Health, Safety and Wellness (HSW) wants to familiarize the Brock community with the signs and symptoms of heat-related illness.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Details of what to look out for during hot summer days are available in an online <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ccohs.ca\/products\/posters\/pdfs\/heat_related_illness.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">heat-related Illness poster<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A new safety bulletin,\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/brocku.sharepoint.com\/human-resources\/Documents\/EHS\/21.%20Staying%20Safe%20During%20the%20Summer%20Heat.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Staying Safe During the Summer Heat<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, has also been added to the\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/brocku.sharepoint.com\/human-resources\/Pages\/Health%20Safety%20and%20Wellness.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">HSW SharePoint Page<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The bulletin provides helpful tips and suggestions to stay safe in the warmer months. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Being familiar with the signs and symptoms of heat-related illness can assist with applying appropriate interventions before heat exhaustion advances to heat stroke \u2014 a serious health risk.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">More information on the topic is available through the\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pshsa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Beat_The_Heat_Identifying.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Public Services Health and Safety Association<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.labour.gov.on.ca\/english\/hs\/pubs\/gl_heat.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ontario Ministry of Labour<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With summer fast approaching and temperatures already on the rise, Health, Safety and Wellness (HSW) wants to familiarize the Brock community with the signs and symptoms of heat-related illness.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[54],"tags":[1985,101,4970,5434],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45319"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45319"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45319\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45319"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45319"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45319"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}