Fever vs hyperthermia: the approach to the hot patient

• Understand the difference between fever and hyperthermia
• Identify clinical signs which indicate fever over hyperthermia
• Apply this understanding to emergency management of a high temperature

The heat stroke patient: what can I do?

• Recognise the signs of life-threatening heat-stroke
• Describe the emergency interventions for acute heatstroke
• Identify patients that require intensive treatment