Important Information & Issues

Among Korey Stringer Institute’s fundamental goals is education. Important Information & Issues will be continually updated to provide athletes, sports-related professionals, medical professionals and the physically active of all ages the latest practical information on life-saving practices, techniques and trends in preventing sudden death in sport, especially as it relates to the study of heat illness and the prevention, recognition and treatment of exertional heat stroke.

• Basic Heat Illness Information

  • Exertional Heat Stroke (EHS)

  • Heat Exhaustion

  • Heat Syncope

  • Heat Cramps (Exercise-Associated Muscle Cramps)

  • Exertional Sickling

• Myths about Exertional Heat Illness