CANICULE RED VIGILANCE (Friday June 28, 2019)

VIGILANCE ROUGE CANICULE

Dear Sir/Madam,

We have just been informed by the Prefecture that the departments of Hérault and Gard will be placed under red heatwave alert from 10am on Friday June 28 until 6am on Saturday June 29.
At this stage and in this context, no closure instructions have been given by the authorities.
We would therefore like to inform you that the University's premises remain open and that activities are, in principle, being maintained.
Nevertheless, this exceptional situation calls for heightened vigilance and compliance with certain recommendations, details of which are given below.
The University's departments are fully mobilized and available to listen to your needs.
Should the situation change, we will keep you immediately informed.

Here is some recommended advice:
In the event of hot weather, the symptoms to watch out for:

If you experience any of the following symptoms:
great weakness,
great fatigue,
dizziness, vertigo, disturbed consciousness,
nausea, vomiting,
muscle cramps,
high body temperature,
thirst and headaches.

If you are in the presence of a person who:
speaks incoherently,
loses balance,
loses consciousness,
and/or has convulsions.

ATTENTION!
This could be the onset of heatstroke, which is a medical emergency!
In this case, contact the SAMU (15), which will tell you what to do.
For people who are hard of hearing or deaf, in the event of discomfort, immediately contact the emergency services on 114 by sms or fax, or have them call 15.
You can also contact the prevention medicine service.

The key is to act quickly and effectively while waiting for help to arrive.

First aid:
Take all necessary steps to cool the person: cool area (air-conditioned room, shade, etc.), unzip hot and/or too-tight clothing, fan the person or even spray him/her with cool water.

CONTACT
Service commun de prévention et de promotion de la santé
04.34.43.30.70
scmpps@umontpellier.fr