Hydration is the best way to prevent heat stroke
Hi, this is Hiroko from the Quality Management Section.
As days with temperatures higher than our body temperatures continue, how are you all doing?
In past years, we seldom turn on the air conditioner in our house, but this year, since the beginning of July, we have changed our principle and relying on the air conditioner every day.
In June, a new training facility for GWO training in working at heights opened and we are now able to train indoors.
This is the time of year when you can best experience a training environment where you are not bothered by the outside air. In a recent GWO BST questionnaire, we received the comment as follows:
Translation: “I am glad that the WAH location is indoors, in Tobata. The heat stroke countermeasures were adequate.
The black-and-white materials used to be blacked out, but now the color was adjusted so that they could be read better in print.”
This is a comment from a repeater who has attended NSTC training many times. Thank you very much. We are also checking and addressing the printing of the textbooks when a delegate pointed this out in the questionnaires. If there is anything that is difficult to see, we would be happy to hear from you again.
As for measures to prevent heat stroke, we use spot coolers for outdoor training and pool training, and we utilize air conditioning in facilities with air conditioning to improve the training environment. We have also prepared an environment where you can rehydrate, so please rehydrate frequently during the course and feel free to ask our staff if there are any changes in your physical condition.
Even if you are in water, heat stroke and dehydration can occur, so it is important to stay hydrated.
The other day, my 5-year-old daughter was in the pool at nursery school and almost got heat stroke. I was called out and rushed to pick her up and gave her a heat stroke prevention tablet (which can supply salt) that I happened to have with me, and she said she was thirsty and drank a large amount of tea. This was an unusual behavior for my daughter, who normally does not drink much water, but I think it was the result of her obedience to her body’s mechanism of wanting water when she intakes salt. Since then, I have been carrying a heat stroke prevention tablet with me.
I believe that adults can take the precautionary measure of drinking more water on their own initiative, so let’s drink more water during the heat of the day to prevent heat stroke.
(Hiroko, Quality Management Section)
