If you are a high school student who participates in sports, then you have had the experience of being too hot at a practice, or in physical education class at your school. Many schools still hold physical education or PE class outside, and if it is a super hot day, then some of the students may become overheated with heatstroke symptoms.
How Bad Is Heatstroke on the Human Body?
Heatstroke is “bad” for the human body, and it can result in many different ailments, including kidneys shutting down and death.1 If you have worked out outside and get too hot, you may have exertional heat stroke, or working out in the hot sun and getting severely overheated. Heatstroke can go part and parcel with people who are outside working out, such as students at a high school participating in PE class or students on a sports team. The body can experience exertional heat stress, which is when the heat that builds up from working out outside in the sun is not dissipated, the body retains too much heat, which can cause heat illnesses to form. The at-risk groups are any student who is outside practicing a sport or participating in a sport outside in the sun on a hot day.
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What Factors Can Cause a Heatstroke on a Student Working Out in an Outside Venue?
A student who is participating in sports and is working outside, can generally develop heatstroke quite easily. When working out, the muscles produce converted energy and heat, and if your body is not able to acclimatize to how hot you are getting during the outdoors workout, you can develop heatstroke. If there is a heat wave, too much sun, or not enough shade protection from the sun, then there can be a high risk someone will develop heatstroke on the sports team. You can first develop a heat-related illness, which will progress quickly to a heatstroke. A heatstroke condition can be life-threatening to where you can die of this condition if your body is not brought down to a safe temperature quickly enough. If a person is suspected of heatstroke, you want to reduce the person’s body temperature within 30 minutes, or there can be problems such as organ failure that will result in a person overheating with heatstroke.
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Help, My Child Was Forced to Keep Working Out in the Hot Sun for Sports, and Now My Child Has Organ Failure from Heatstroke, What Do I Do Now?”
In the case that your child and student had to keep working out in an outside workout for sports and developed heatstroke, you will want to call our office right away to discuss your claim. We understand that students are under the prevue of the coaches and teachers, and if the coach of a sport your child participates in or the physical education teacher forced your child to keep working out in the sun, then we know that the child may have had no choice in the matter. Students who disobey the instructions of a coach or physical education teacher, even a substitute teacher on lunch and recess duty can be overzealous and force children to stay outside “until the bell rings” in some cases. This can be detrimental to a child and student who may be suffering silently from symptoms that are leading up to acquiring a heatstroke from being outside in the sun too long on a hot school day.
What Are the Factors Associated with Hyperthermia?
Hyperthermia is a condition where the body gets too hot and your internal organs can suffer a shutdown as a result of this condition. The opposite condition is hypothermia, which many people are familiar with in extremely cold venues, when the body gets too cold and it produces detrimental and life-threatening results. With hyperthermia, there are many conditions that are factors that can start the process of the body shutting down and it can lead to death if not reversed quickly. These conditions include:1
- Exercise-heat stress
- Exertional heat illness
- Exertional heatstroke
- Heat casualties
- Heat cramps
- Heat collapse
- Heat exhaustion
- Heat illness
- Heat injury
- Heat load
- Heat stress disorder
- Heat stress syndrome
- Heat strain
- Heat syncope
- Uncompensable heat stress
- Thermal stress
- Thermal strain
If your child or student experienced heatstroke and has had some serious injuries and personal problems related to the heatstroke incident, you can call us to review the claim today. We are sensitive to your needs, and we can talk to you today when you give us a call on this case.
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Can I Sue for Heatstroke While Playing High School Sports?
Yes, we can sue for any episode of heatstroke that you have sustained or your child/student sustained while playing and participating in sports, practice for sports or participating in a physical education or “PE” class outside. You can talk to us now, and we will allow you the access you need to our Los Angeles case lawyers today. We can file a lawsuit for you on your behalf. Just call us now at the Normandie Law Firm at 800.790.5422 today.
Average Case Value of Personal Injuries from Heatstroke While Playing High School Sports
The average case value of personal injuries for heatstroke can vary from $30,000 to over $300,000. Your claim will depend on your damages, personal injuries, losses, and expenses related to your claim.
How Long Does It Take to Settle and to Get Paid on These Cases?
It can take around 3-5 months to settle out your personal injury claim for heatstroke. We will have a better idea of how long your case will take, after we review your claim with you.
Statute Of Limitations – How Long Do I Have to File a Lawsuit?
The statute of limitations in California for personal injury lawsuit filing is two years. The statute of limitations in California for harassment and discrimination lawsuit filing is one year, with a two year timeframe to file for wrongful termination.
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References
1Leyk, D., Hoitz, J., Becker, C., Glitz, K. J., Nestler, K., & Piekarski, C. (2019). Health Risks and Interventions in Exertional Heat Stress. Deutsches Arzteblatt International, 116(31-32), 537–544. https://doi.org/10.3238/arztebl.2019.0537
