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Heat Stroke (Severe Heat Illness) — Management Pathway · case challenge

Given a case, work through the care pathway step by step; the tool checks each choice and scores you. Decisions and basis are taken from this site's reviewed care pathways.

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📋 Case data

Is this heat stroke?Heat exhaustion / prodrome only

Data is taken from this pathway's reviewed node text. Work through the pathway step by step.

Step 1 / 1 · Is this heat stroke?

Does it meet heat stroke?

💡 Heat stroke = core (rectal) temperature >40°C + CNS dysfunction (delirium, seizures, coma, ataxia). Classic (hot environment, elderly/chronically ill) vs exertional (intense exercise, young adults; complicated by rhabdomyolysis, DIC, hepatic/renal injury). Do not exclude on temperature alone — delayed measurement can read low.

For teaching. Decisions and their basis are taken from this site's reviewed care pathways; for licensed clinicians/trainees, this does not replace clinical judgment or local protocols.