Heat Syncope - Treatment

Treatment

The basic treatment for heat syncope is like that for other types of fainting: the patient is positioned in a seating or supine position with legs raised. Water is administered slowly, and the patient is moved to a cooler area.

Consequences of external causes (T66–T78, 990–995)

Temperature/radiation	elevated temperature Hyperthermia Heat syncope reduced temperature Hypothermia Immersion foot syndromes Trench foot Tropical immersion foot Warm water immersion foot Chilblains Frostbite Aerosol burn Cold intolerance Acrocyanosis Erythrocyanosis crurum radiation Radiation poisoning Radiation burn Chronic radiation keratosis Eosinophilic, polymorphic, and pruritic eruption associated with radiotherapy Radiation acne Radiation cancer Radiation recall reaction Radiation-induced erythema multiforme Radiation-induced hypertrophic scar Radiation-induced keloid Radiation-induced morphea

Air	Hypoxia/Asphyxia Barotrauma Aerosinusitis Decompression sickness High altitude Altitude sickness Chronic mountain sickness HAPE

Food	Starvation

Maltreatment	Physical abuse Sexual abuse Psychological abuse

Emesis	Motion sickness Seasickness Airsickness Space adaptation syndrome

Adverse effect	Hypersensitivity Anaphylaxis Angioedema Allergy Arthus reaction Adverse drug reaction

Other	Electric shock Drowning Lightning injury

Ungrouped skin conditions resulting from physical factors	Dermatosis neglecta Pinch mark Pseudoverrucous papules and nodules Sclerosing lymphangiitis Tropical anhidrotic asthenia UV-sensitive syndrome environmental skin conditions Electrical burn frictional/traumatic/sports Black heel and palm Equestrian perniosis Jogger's nipple Pulling boat hands Runner's rump Surfer's knots Tennis toe Vibration white finger Weathering nodule of ear Wrestler's ear Coral cut Painful fat herniation Uranium dermatosis iv use Skin pop scar Skin track Slap mark Pseudoacanthosis nigricans Narcotic dermopathy

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