Preventing Heat Exhaustion: Importance of Awareness Campaigns for Workers’ Health and Safety

2023-07-21 22:03:16

Many entities in various emirates of the country have been keen to organize and launch awareness campaigns. With the aim of introducing people whose work requires exposure to the sun to the necessary preventive measures, as well as encouraging them to follow sound health practices to avoid the risks of heat exhaustion, and urging them not to delay in dealing with injury cases; Because this leads to severe health consequences, according to doctors’ assertions. Specialists and doctors confirmed that awareness campaigns regarding the dangers of heat exhaustion stem from complete concern for the safety of workers, and aim to maintain a work environment free of risks, and that failure to follow safety instructions in workplaces will have a severe negative impact, in addition to health consequences that may greatly affect the worker’s condition.

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Dr. Adel Sajwani, a family medicine specialist, said: “Many individuals are exposed to heat exhaustion as a result of a high internal body temperature when exposed to a high temperature, especially in the summer period. Therefore, it is imperative for every person to avoid exposure to the sun during the noon period, especially the group of workers who work at those times, and to adhere to the noon work ban.

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Dr. Mansour Anwar Habib, a specialist in family medicine and occupational health, praised the launch of campaigns by the various concerned and accredited authorities in the country to educate workers, especially construction workers, regarding the dangers of heat stress while working at high temperatures, and educate them on proper ways to avoid heat exhaustion, in addition to providing the necessary instructions to ensure a safe work environment, especially in high summer temperatures.

And not only that, as the state has been keen for many years to take decisions and measures to ban work at noon during the summer months, to avoid such injuries. He added: Symptoms of exhaustion are weakness, sweating, dizziness, nausea, rapid breathing, dry tongue, thirst, low blood pressure, coldness, decreased activity, cramping, muscle fatigue, loss of appetite, headache and general fatigue.

He stressed that heat exhaustion is among the serious injuries that require immediate intervention with first aid, so that the matter does not develop and pose a threat to the life of the injured, warning once morest dealing with the injury slowly, as first aid must be expedited to ensure the safety of the injured until he is presented to the specialist doctor.

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Sarah Al-Shamli, Director of the Nursing Unit at SEHA, pointed out the importance of strengthening public safety measures, spreading a preventive culture among members of society and its institutions in general, and achieving the highest levels of occupational health and safety in the work environment.

She pointed out that the heat exhaustion awareness campaigns actually come to implement an integrated occupational health and safety system in the country, which aims to provide and enhance a safe work environment for workers in the labor market in line with international best practices, and to spare them the risks of exposure to injuries, especially resulting from high temperatures in the summer months.

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