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St John Ambulance Australia – first aid.
SES – Heatwave Planning Guide.
US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention – Emergency Preparedness and Response.
Children, Youth and Women’s Health Service, South Australian Government – Babies in hot weather.
- Preventing heat-related illness [online] (65kb, pdf), Public Health, Department of Human Services, Victorian Government. More information here.
- Heat related illness: Signs, treatment and prevention [online] (37kb, pdf), Public Health Services, Queensland Health. More information here.
- Extreme heat: A prevention guide to promote your personal health and safety [online], US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. More information here.
- Radiant heat – the killer in a bushfire [online] (474kb, pdf), Country Fire Authority, Victorian Government. More information here.
- Beat the heat – playing and exercising safely in hot weather factsheet [online], (506kb, pdf), Department of Health and Ageing, Australian Government. More information here.
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