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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Hyg Environ Health. 2022 Dec 26;248:114107. doi: 10.1016/j.ijheh.2022.114107

Table 3.

Heat-Related Illness (HRI) Symptoms Experienced by Participants During Training Week

Instructor (N=6) Student (N=12*) Total (N=18)
Cramps
- No 5 (83.3%) 6 (50.0%) 11 (61.1%)
- Yes 1 (16.7%) 6 (50.0%) 7 (38.9%)
Nausea and vomiting
- No 6 (100.0%) 11 (91.7%) 17 (94.4%)
- Yes 0 (0.0%) 1 (8.3%) 1 (5.6%)
Heavy sweating
- No 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%)
- Yes 6 (100.0%) 12 (100.0%) 18 (100.0%)
Confusion
- No 6 (100.0%) 11 (91.7%) 17 (94.4%)
- Yes 0 (0.0%) 1 (8.3%) 1 (5.6%)
Dizziness
- No 5 (83.3%) 11 (91.7%) 16 (88.9%)
- Yes 1 (16.7%) 1 (8.3%) 2 (11.1%)
Fainting
- No 6 (100.0%) 12 (100.0%) 18 (100.0%)
- Yes 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%)
Headache
- No 4 (66.7%) 9 (75.0%) 13 (72.2%)
- Yes 2 (33.3%) 3 (25.0%) 5 (27.8%)
Number of HRI symptoms
- Mean (SD) 1.7 (0.5) 2.0 (1.0) 1.9 (0.8)
- Min − Max 1.0 - 2.0 1.0 - 4.0 1.0 - 4.0
Two or more HRI symptoms
- No 2 (33.3%) 4 (33.3%) 6 (33.3%)
- Yes 4 (66.7%) 8 (66.7%) 12 (66.7%)
HRI with CNS involvement
- No 3 (50.0%) 8 (66.7%) 11 (61.1%)
- Yes 3 (50.0%) 4 (33.3%) 7 (38.9%)
*

Data are missing from 6 students who provided baseline data