Harvard Heat Emergencies: Prevention, Diagnosis and Management 2025 (Videos with subtitles + Slides)

🌡️ Heat Emergencies: Prevention, Diagnosis & Management

🖥️ Virtual | 4 Half-Day Sessions | June 2025
Organized by Harvard Medical School & world-class faculty

🎯 What You’ll Learn

✅ Decode the Heat Crisis 🔥
Understand the why, how, and who of heat-related illnesses — from the cellular level to public health.

✅ Master the Clinical Spectrum 🩺
Diagnose and manage everything from mild heat exhaustion to full-blown heat stroke using structured, evidence-based approaches.

✅ Zoom in on Special Populations 👶🧓
Explore unique vulnerabilities: outdoor workers, kidney patients, children, elderly, & those with psychiatric conditions.

✅ Think Bigger 🌍
Gain insights into policy, public health, and systems solutions that protect entire communities — especially in low-resource settings.

✅ Stay Ahead of the Curve 📈
Learn from real-world case studies, pharmaceutical considerations in extreme heat, and the latest epidemiological data.

🗓️ 4-Part Agenda Breakdown (All in Eastern Time)

🧠 Day 1 – June 16: What Is Heat and Why It Matters

• 🔍 Defining Heat — Caleb Dresser

• 🧬 Heat Physiology — Robert Meade

• 📊 Epidemiology — Antonella Zanobetti

• 🩹 Real Case Studies — Kouklis, Meyer & Benesch

• 🎤 Live Q&A + Wrap-up — Wiskel & Dresser

🩺 Day 2 – June 18: Clinical Diagnosis & Management

• 🚑 Event Medicine for Heat Illness — John Jardine, MD

• 📚 Latest Clinical Evidence — Kurt Eifling

• 🧾 Diagnosis Deep Dive — Tess Wiskel

• 💊 Management Playbook — Caleb Dresser

• ❓ Interactive Q&A

🧬 Day 3 – June 23: Heat & Vulnerable Populations

• 🧠 Mental & Behavioral Health — Elizabeth Pinsky

• 👷 Heat, Kidney Disease & Outdoor Work — Nathan Raines

• 💊 Medication Risks in Heat — Hayley Blackburn

• 🤝 Discussion Groups: Who’s at Risk in Your Practice?

• 👩‍⚕️ Panel on Heat in Special Populations — Bekkar, Hauptman, Berenji, Shah

🌐 Day 4 – June 25: Prevention, Systems & Policy

• 🌍 Low-Resource Management — Satchit Balsari

• 📦 Practical Resources for Busy Clinicians — Dresser, Wiskel, Comp

• 🏥 System Preparedness for Extreme Heat — Jeremy Hess

• 🧑‍⚖️ Public Health & Policy Solutions — Jane Gilbert

• 🗣️ Closing Reflections + Q&A

🧑‍⚕️ Who Should Attend?

• Emergency physicians

• Internal medicine doctors

• Public health & disaster response professionals

• Hospital administrators

• Anyone involved in climate-sensitive healthcare delivery 🌱

🎓 No CME credits — just clinical mastery.
📍 Delivered 100% Online | Live & On-Demand Access Available

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