Clinicians are an important source of health information to the community. In relation to heat health, they have a valuable role in identifying patients who may be at risk, providing heat health information and in some cases, diagnosing and managing heat-related illness.
As part of Victoria's heatwave framework, the Victorian Department of Health has provided resources containing heat health information. The resources (being mailed to practices - week ending 27Feb2011) include:
These resources as well as the revised Heatwave plan for Victoria can be ordered using the order form at no cost, or downloaded from www.health.vic.qov.au/environment/heatwave.
