>> Jennifer: AS PARENT WES
TALK WITH OUR KIDS ABOUT
HOMEWORK, WHAT THEY'RE DOING
WITH THEIR FRIENDS, WHERE
THEY'RE GOING AFTER SCHOOL.
BUT WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU
HAD A CONVERSATION ABOUT HOW
MUCH QUARTER THEY'RE DRINKING
DURING THE DAY OR WHAT THEY KNOW
ABOUT HEATSTROKE AND
DEHYDRATION.
JAYLIN FORD HAS PLAYED SPORTS
ALL OF HIS LIFE AND NEVER
THOUGHT THIS COULD HAPPEN TO
HIM.
DID YOU SEE THAT?
COLLAPSED RIGHTING THERE LAST
AUGUST DURING A GAME.
HE FELL FACE DOWN ON THE FIELD
ASK TAKEN AWAY OTHER THAN THE
STRETCHER.
HE WAS QUESTION HYDRATED THEY
HAD NO IDEA.
WE CERTAINLY DON'T WANT THIS TO
HAPPEN TO YOUR STUDENT-ATHLETE.
THERE ARE WARNING SIGNS TO BE
AWARE OF.
JOINING ME NOW IS JACKSONVILLE
SPORTS MEDICINE PROGRAM AND HE'S
WITH DUVAL COUNTY SCHOOLS THANK
YOU FOR BEING HERE.
I FEEL LIKE WE TALK ABOUT THIS
ALL THE TIME, I'LL BE HONEST.
YOU HAVE TO BE DRINK LOTS OF
WATER.
BUT THE REALITY IS YOU LOOK AT
SOMEONE LIKE JAY LIN WHO
PROBABLY KNOWS HEES BUT THINK
THEY'RE TOUGH, DON'T HAVE TO
WORRY ABOUT IT AND THEN THAT
HAPPENS.
AND YOU SEE IT ALL THE TIME.
>>> EXACTLY.
I THINK YOU HIT THE NAIL ON THE
HEAD THERE AS FAR AS THE
TOUGHNESS GOES AND THIS MACHO
IMAGE THAT THEY HAVE, NO PAIN NO
GAIN TYPE OF STRATEGY, BUT WE
KNOW THAT IS NOT TRUE.
FLUIDS ARE IMPORTANT FORM OUR
BODY.
WE NEED TO KEEP OUR BODY COOL
THAT IS 1 OF THE MAIN MECHANISMS
OF COOLING THE BODY AND WE LIVE
AN ENVIRONMENT UNFORGIVING AS
FAR AS THAT GOES.
>> Jennifer: THE HIGH SCHOOL
STUDENTS GET OUT EARLIER,
THEY'RE PRACTICING IN THE HEAT
OF THE DAY.
I KNOW DUVAL COUNTY SCHOOLS IS
GOOD ABOUT TRYING TO WORK WITH
THE COACHES AS WELL.
HOW DO YOU ENCOURAGE THIS FROM
THE COACHES DOWN THE KIDS?
>>> OFTEN WE'RE SAYING SO OUR
COACHES AND THEY'RE NOT JUST OUR
COACHES, OUR PRINCIPALS WHO ARE
MEETING WITH OUR COACHES ON A
REGULAR BASIS AND WE'RE PUTTING
EMPHASIS AROUND THAT WE MUST
HYDRATE.
OUR YOUNG PEOPLE MUST HYDRATE
OFTEN.
THEY MUST HYDRATE BEFORE GOING
OUT AND HYDRATE OFTEN AND THAT
IS THE MESSAGE WE'RE SENDING
LOUD AND CLEAR TO ALL OF OUR
COACHES TO ALL OF OUR PLAYERS.
A LOT OF TIMES I THINK OFTEN
WHAT WE DO IS FORGET ABOUT OUR
PLAYERS AND WE'RE EDUCATING OUR
PLAYERS ON THE IMPORTANCE OF
HYDRATION AS WELL.
>>> ONE OF THE REASONS WE FELT
HE WAS SO IMPORTANT THIS MINOR
IS THAT YOU'RE DIRECTLY TALKING
NOT THE KIDS BECAUSE THEY'RE IN
CLASS RIGHT NOW BUT TO THEIR
PAIRS AND GRANDPARENTS.
IT NEEDS FOR BECOME PART OF A
CONVERSATION THAT YOU HAVE WITH
ALL THE OTHER THING YOU TALK
ABOUT.
>> LET'S TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT
WARNING SIGNS, TOO.
THIS IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE YOU
COULD CONFUSE THESE WITH JUST
BEING TIRED AND FATIGUED AND NOT
REALIZE IT IS DEHYDRATION.
FIRST LET'S START WITH
DEHYDRATION, NAUSEA IS NOT
UNCOMMON, BUT PROBABLY IF YOU'RE
JUST GETTING BACK INTO SHAPE AND
YOU'RE OUT THERE PLAYING
FOOTBALL OR SOCCER OR WHATEVER,
YOU'RE THINKING, WE, I'M JUST
FEELING THIS WAY BECAUSE I
DIDN'T EAT A GOOD LUNCH.
>>> THAT'S TRUE.
SO THERE IS A NUMBER OF SIGNS
AND SYMPTOMS AND WHAT WE REALLY
PROMOTE IS THE PREVENTIVE
ASPECT.
WE KNOW WE'RE GOING TO HAVE
SIGNS OF US THAT IA.
LIGHTHEADED ANESS, HEAVY AND
PROFUSE SWEATING AND THAT IS
EASY TO DISMISS FOR A NUMBER OF
REASONS.
CERTAINLY WITH THE HEAT AND
HUMIDITY WE HAVE IN OUR
ENVIRONMENT THAT HI E
DEHYDRATION IS PROBABLY THE MAIN
CULPRIT.
>> Jennifer: BUT ALSO TO
HEATSTROKE WHICH CAN BE SO
DANGEROUS, WE'VE SEEN A NUMBER
OF ATHLETES DIE RIGHT THERE ON
THE FIELDER TO LAST COUPLE OF
YEARS.
HEATSTROKE IS IN IMPORTANT AS
WELL.
SIMILAR SYMPTOMS BUT MORE
SEVERE.
IF YOU'LL WALK US THROUGH THOSE.
LET'SSTART FIRST WITH THAT.
I'VE HEARD THIS BEFORE WITH
STUDENTS.
I FELT LIKE MY PULSE WAS OUT OF
CONTROL AND I COULDN'T GET IT
UNDER CONTROL.
THAT RAPID PULSE.
>>> MOST PEOPLE DON'T APPRECIATE
THAT THE BODY COULD PRODUCE ITS
OWN HEAT.
WHEN WE HAVE THOSE EXTREME
TEMPERATURES AND THOSE EXTREME
CONDITIONS, OUR HEARTS STARTS
BEAT FASTER AND HARDER, OUR
BREATHING, OUR RES SPIRERATION
RATE INCREASES.
THAT ALL IS PRODUCING INTERNAL
HEAT.
NOT ONLY DO WE HAVE THE
ENVIRONMENTAL HEAT CREATING A
DANGER FOR US, INTERNALLY WE
HAVE OUR OWN HEAT.
THAT IS WHY IT IS VERY IMPORTANT
TO RECOGNIZE THE SIGNS AND
SYMPTOMS AND HEATSTROKE DOES
BECOME A MEDICAL EMERGENCY AND
THAT IS WHERE WE DO SEE THE
COLLAPSE WHERE OUR BODY HAS LOST
THE ABILITY TO COOL ITSELF DOWN
AND WE DO NEED TO.
>>> AND CORE TEMPERATURES GETS
TO 105-DEGREES.
>> THAT IS THE DEFINITION OF
HEATSTROKE.
>>> I KNOW YOU BROUGHT THIS IN
AS A DEMONSTRATION.
STUDENTS WILL START SEEING THESE
THEN OCCUR GAMES AN AN EXAMPLE
AS A REMINDER.
>>> I THINK WE'RE HITTING THE
NAIL ON THE HEAD.
IT IS ALL ABOUT EDUCATION.
IT IS ALL ABOUT GETTING OUR
YOUNG PEOPLE IN FRONT OF AND
AROUND THOSE MEDICAL
PROFESSIONALS THAT UNDERSTAND
WHAT'S GOING ON AND HOW TO HELP
THEM THROUGH THAT PROCESS.
WHAT WE'VE DONE AND WE'VE
PARTNERED WITH JSMP AND OTHER
COMMUNITY MEDICAL PARTNERS TO
FORM WHAT WE THINK WILL BE VERY
IMPORTANT FOR OUR YOUNG PEOPLE
IS PROJECT 17.
PROJECT 17 IS TO ENSURE THAT WE
HAVE FULL-TIME ATHLETIC TRAINERS
IN ALL OF OUR HIGH SCHOOLS THAT
PARTICIPATE THIS ATHLETICS.
AND THE KEY THIS IS HAVING THE
MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL THERE
TRAINING, EDUCATION AND AS I'M
SITTING HERE LISTENING TO THIS.
THAT IS THE KEY FOR ME.
HOW DO WE EDUCATE OUR YOUNG
PEOPLE?
HOW DO WE CONSISTENTLY BE IN
FRONT OF OUR YOUNG PEOPLE
SHOWING THEM THE IMPORTANCE OF,
SO YOU FILL IN THE BLAIRVEG.
TO STAY HEALTHY.
SEVERAL HIGH SCHOOLS HAVE THEM
AND WANT TO GET TO 17.
THANK YOU FOR THE CONVERSATION.
IT IS SO IMPORTANT AND A
CONVERSATION THAT NEEDS TO BE
HAD CERTAINLY AT HOME AS WELL
AND A REMINDER TO LOCAL ATHLETES
YOU'RE NOT WEAK BY RAISING YOUR
HAND AND SAYING, COACH, I NEED
TO SIT OUT FOR A MINUTE AND COOL
DOWN.
VERY, VERY IMPORTANT REGARDLESS
HOW BIG AND STRONG THEY ARE, IT
HAPPENS TO ALL OF US.
IF YOU MISSED ANY OF THIS